The Waste Of Worry
Like so many others, I have had my share of worrying about something in my lifetime. So, I understand it, have experienced it, and can testify that there is no fruit in it.
This morning, although we had nine inches of snow on the ground and it was fifteen degrees outside, I was compelled to put some seed out for the birds in the feeders in my backyard. It got me thinking about how God takes care of them, and they do not have to work for it. Then, the Holy Spirit reminded me of this passage in Scripture.
Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you, by worrying, can add eighteen inches to his stature?
Watching various birds come and delight themselves at my backyard feeders delights my soul. I get pleasure from supplying them, and they get pleasure from the supply. It is an interesting and rewarding exchange for both parties.
I believe it is the same regarding God supplying our needs. We delight in knowing He cares that we have what we need, and He delights in the supplying. That is basically what Jesus was conveying, was it not?
After all, Jesus observed and asked, “Your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
Our Father delights in supplying birds. Will He not be even more delighted to supply us?
We cannot grow taller by worrying about how short we are. Neither can we increase our finances by worrying about how short we are. We cannot poof a pair of pants into existence by worrying. We can surely weary ourselves worrying about such things, but for all that energy spent, we have nothing to show for it.
It is far better to rest on His promise to provide and care for our needs according to His riches in glory. He has promised to supply our every need in Christ. In other words, we cannot have a need so great that He cannot meet it. After all, He conquered death, hell, and the grave just to save us.
I leave us with this thought from an amazing passage in the Bible: Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
