Don't Worry Be Happy!

As I was reading last night, I found myself in Matthew where Jesus was talking about worry. I noticed a couple of lines in I began skimming through to get to the point. If you read the passage it is easy to ignore the examples Jesus uses to preface His main topic, worry. Jesus talks about the flowers and how God clothes them with glorious beauty just so they can be cut down and used for fire. Furthermore, Jesus talks about how the birds of the air are taken care of by God, how He orchestrates their food supply, and how not one of them may perish without His knowledge. If God cares this much about flowers and birds, then how much more does He care about His most precious creation? Are we His most precious creation? Yes. What other created being did He send His son to die for? According to the Bible, Jesus was sent to die for mankind. Therefore, we must be God’s most precious creation. In so much that He would send Jesus to die for us.


So why did Jesus spend so much time talking about flowers and birds? To let us know how much His Father cares for us. If He watches and arranges these creations so in-depth then how much more closely does He watch and care for us. The Bible tells us that God knows each one of us by name and He even knows the number of hairs on our head. Now for some of us, knowing the number of hairs is not a great feat. However, it still show us how much God is consumed by us and how much He desires to care for us. Jesus goes on to finish the passage by saying not to worry about tomorrow, but allow tomorrow to worry about itself. The psalmist says, “Though weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” God know us, because He created us. He knows we are going to worry. Therefore, Jesus is telling us to give it to God and let things take care of themselves. Remember there is someone (God) bigger than us who is concerned for us and cares for our every need.



Challenge:

Give over your worries to God and allow yourself to be free.