Our reading is Matthew 6:25.
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?”
Jesus didn’t hint about worry. He spoke plainly. “Do not worry about your life.” That wasn’t advice for the overly anxious; it was a command for every believer. Jesus wasn’t condemning concern. He was freeing us from the kind of worry that forgets who God is.
Concern and worry can look alike on the outside, but inside they are worlds apart. Concern prays. Worry panics. Concern looks at the problem and then looks up. Worry looks only at the problem. Concern acts in faith; worry lives in fear.
Jesus invites us to trade the tight grip of fear for the gentle hold of His hand. He knows our needs, and He’s already working ahead of us. When we choose trust, we stop trying to play God and start trusting His promises.
So ask yourself today: does what I’m feeling draw me closer to God or further into fear? Concern leads to prayer. Worry leads to paralysis. One feeds faith; the other feeds doubt.
Let worry go. Let trust grow.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.