Don’t Worry

CALL TO PRAYER 

Date: 16.08.2021

By: Nana Adjoa Brasor-Kuffour

Title: Don’t Worry 

“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. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?“…„Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.“  

(Matthew 6:25-34 NKJV)

Life here on earth has occupied us with so many things that we tend to forget what is really important. We therefore begin to see things bigger than the God we worship because our understanding of who He is in our lives is not yet established. Has the pandemic caused you to lose all that you have? Have you lost a loved one through the pandemic? If that’s so, just know that our Lord and father, who is our provider and comforter is telling you today not to worry. 

We should be happy and joyful for the gift of life because we have the opportunity to experience the power of God in our lives daily. There are people in the grave who lost their jobs or even lost their beloved but today they are dead, and are not able to tell the goodness of God in their lives. What  kind of goodness am I talking about? It’s the never ending mercy, love, faithfulness and Grace of God upon our lives while on earth. 

God loves us so much that while we were in pain He became our comforter, while we were sick He became our healer, while we were weak, our strength, and while we were sinners, He became our saviour and redeemer. This therefore makes me wonder why one should worry about something only God can and is willing to solve. 

Beloved in the Lord, worrying doesn’t help you in any way. It actually waste your time. Jesus addressed this very explicitly in verse 27 of Mathew 6: “Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying?” The obvious answer is, “No!” You cannot add a single moment to your life by worrying. Worrying cannot add another minute to your life. Worrying cannot help your sick beloved to be healed. Worrying can’t help your marriage. Worrying cannot help the church of God to grow. Worrying cannot help you financially. The only thing that worry can do is to have negative effect in your life. 

One may say, “But without worrying I won’t be able to solve some issues in life”. Let me point this out, to be concern and to worry aren’t the same thing. Concern acknowledges that something needs careful thought. Worry is giving in to consuming trepidation. Concern gives way to planning but Worry gives way to fear. Concern leads to healthy attention but Worry leads to unhealthy anxiety. Concern moves you to action but Worry immobilizes you. Planning for tomorrow is time well spent but Worrying about tomorrow is time wasted. 

Our Lord Jesus also pointed it out in Mathew 6:34 “ …Each day has enough trouble of its own” Why do you want to add another worry to what you already have?  You will only experience anxiety, and there is no relationship between anxiety and positivity. Our Lord Jesus used the birds and wildflowers as examples on how they are being taken care of although they don’t work. How much more we who are His children? Do you trust God in all things? Do you trust that God will provide all things? Do you trust that God sees and knows all things? Do you trust that we are more important that the rest of the His creations? 

Towards the end of Verse 30 of Mathew 6, Jesus said, ”…O you of little faith”. What Jesus want us to understand here is that our worries are related to earthly necessities which comes as a result of our lack of faith in our Heavenly Father.  Our focus is now on the things of this earth and that’s where the problem is. Our Lord Jesus isn’t concerned about what we will eat or drink but on our faith because our faith has decreased in the one who has already provided everything we need.

Beloved in the Lord, our Lord Jesus wants us to seek first the kingdom of our father and His righteousness and after we do that, we can be hundred percent assured that all other things like, financial blessings, good health, blessed marriage, food, joy, peace and love will never be far from us (Mathew 6:33). Begin to see God greater than all your troubles because with Him all things are possible! 

Prayer point : 

Let’s thank God for His word and answers to our prayers. Let’s pray for God to increase our faith in Him so that we may not fall into the worry of the world. 

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