Matt 6:31-34 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Good morning!

This is the fourth blog passage in a row where Jesus challenged those listening and us today to not worry. God knows our hearts can get anxious and He truly wants us to trust Him to meet every need we have.

The Greek word for worry, Merimnao, stems from the verb, Merizo, which means divide and Nous which translates as mind. This gives us a great picture of what worrying does. Worry divides the mind. Splitting thoughts between today and tomorrow. Today stands no chance against worry. Fretting over tomorrow’s problems today siphons strength you and I need for whatever the current day holds

Corrie Ten Boom said “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” A number of years ago one of our sweet senior ladies who had a banking background shared this thought with me, “Worry is the interest you pay on a loan you never take out.” If worrying is captivating our heart it makes true the saying that goes “today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.”

Jesus tells us to seek God and His righteousness and all these things will be given to us. In essence, our heavenly Father knows what we need and will be sure to meet our every need as we seek Him.

Notice, Jesus said seek God FIRST. This is the best way to live life here on this earth. I have been blessed to serve as a pastor for many years and have never met anyone who told me they regretted putting God first in their life. I have talked with many who regretted putting other people and things first in their life prior to coming to know the Lord, but, have never talked with anyone who had second thoughts about putting God first. I encourage each of you to put God first above all else. You will never regret doing so in this life and the life to come.

Tim