Worry is a SIN!
Wow, that is a sobering thought! Let's be honest, we ALL struggle with worry from time to time. As a “work in progress” control-freak I am the first to raise my hand and say that I have struggled and still do with worry and anxious thoughts. It often is related to my kids, my future, their future, financial pressures and honestly things that are completely out of my control. However, scripture is crystal clear when it comes to us worrying.
May I kindly remind you what the Lord says about you. In Psalm 139:13-18 - “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.” Did you catch that? This is how the Lord truly feels about you. The Psalmist says, “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;” With that in mind, don’t you think that the Lord truly cares about the things that you care about? Things or issues that have seemed to plague you mentally and emotionally. This is exactly why Jesus commands us in Matthew 6:25 NOT TO WORRY! Psalms 37:4-5 - “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness, Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.”
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The reality is that Jesus is absolutely in control of everything. When we take things up on our own or worry our way through a situation we are essentially saying, “Lord, we don’t fully trust that You will actually handle this particular situation that we are worrying about.” Yikes! Can you imagine one of your children saying, “Mom, Dad, I know you love me but I’m having doubts that you will take care of me and that you actually have my best interest in mind.” I can promise you, as a parent that would break my heart. Well believe me, when you worry, when anxiousness tries to camp out in your mind, this without question breaks the Lord's heart. After all He is the ONE that has ever so intricately and delicately created you - in His image - and mapped out your destiny! “Therefore I say to you, ‘do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on…’ which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
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