Worry

Worry

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:25-34

I’m sure we have all been told to not worry when a hardship comes around. People tell you to not worry because “God’s got this” and then they direct you to these verses from Matthew. But, if you are like me, maybe you never found comfort in these verses. I would always read them and say, “Okay, God, thanks for the clothes and food, but that’s not what I need right now.” I never found comfort from these verses because they promised me things that I already had, so it just never clicked with me.

Some of us do not need clothes and food. We have that. But, this verse tells us God will provide the things we need to survive. So, this verse might not apply to you because you have never been naked or hungry. But, I’m sure you have a need for other things. Maybe you need healing from a disease or injury. Maybe you need a job. Maybe you need to get out of a bad situation. Maybe you need for the presence of God to rush over your heart. In all of these circumstances, God will provide. It may not come in the form you were expecting, it almost never does, but he will respond to your needs.

God loves us. He would never leave us or forsake us. It might take some time or come in a way that only God could orchestrate, but it will come. So find peace in the presence of your Lord and Savior. He loves you and will always do what is best for you.