MORNING MANNA 8-3-23
DON’T WORRY
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.”–Philippians 4:6
The Bible is very clear and blunt about our obligations. God expects us to know what He expects. But, have you noticed, not everyone appreciates that fact. Most people feel their worries are justified. Tell them,”Don’t worry” and they feel like punching you in the nose. Yet, that’s exactly what God does—He forbids us to fret! So, when we worry we violate God’s command, we make ourselves miserable and we lose our ability to make wise decisions.
Over a century ago, a preacher by the name of Darlow Sargeant put it like this: “Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying? It never made anybody strong; never helped anybody to do God’s will; never made a way of escape for anyone out of perplexity. Worry spoils lives which would otherwise be useful and beautiful. Restlessness, anxiety, and care are absolutely forbidden by our Lord, who said: “Take no thought,” that is, no anxious thought, “saying what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed?” He does not mean that we are not to take forethought and that our life is to be without plan or method; but that we are not to worry about these things. People know you live in the realm of anxious care by the lines on your face, the tones of your voice, the minor key in your life, and the lack of joy in your spirit. Scale the heights of a life abandoned to God, then you will look down on the clouds beneath your feet.”
All that is true, but when your feet is in the fire, or you feel that the whole world is caving in around you, it is easier said than done. Sometimes we that we are in an impossible situation and we see no hope on the horizon. It is then that we must remember the grace of God which is “sufficient for thee” (2 Cor.12:9). With God all things are possible!- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E.
Humble, Tx. 77346
