Worry…

•               …gives a small thing a big shadow

•               …is the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles.

•               …over tomorrow pulls shadows over today’s sunshine.

•               …is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.

•               …is an indication that we think God cannot look after us. (O. Chambers)

•               …is putting question marks where God has put periods. (J R Rice)

•               …is the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles. (E S Jones)

•               …is an intrusion into God’s providence. (J Haggai)

•               …is a guest admitted which quickly turns to be master.

•               … never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its strength (A J Cronin)

•               …is practical atheism and an affront to God (R. H. Mounce)

Let’s recall that Jesus stated very clearly in Matthew, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?  Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.”

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”  Matthew 6:25, 31-34 

Stay encouraged, Pastor Larry