Why Worry?  

The Bible says, “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.” Matthew 22:41-46 (KJV)

Matthew 12 is full of man’s challenges to the Lord. All of their challenges they thought would trip up, confuse, and expose Christ Jesus as a fraud. Such is the folly of man!

Similarly, for us to worry about our lives, our well-being, and all outward challenges are futile. Our hope is in the Lord! Why worry?

Worry is fear's extravagance. It extracts interest on trouble before it comes due. It constantly drains the energy God gives us to face daily problems and to fulfill our many responsibilities. It is therefore a sinful waste. A woman who had lived long enough to have learned some important truths about life remarked, “I’ve had a lot of trouble; most of which never happened!” She had worried about many things that had never occurred and had come to see the total futility of her anxieties.

An unknown poet has written: “I heard a voice at evening softly say, Bear not your yesterdays into tomorrow, Nor load this week with last week’s load of sorrow. Lift all your burdens as they come, nor try to weigh the present with the by-and-by. One step and then another, take your way; Live day by day!”

Live and love in expectation of His triumphant return!

         Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Matthew 22; Mark 12