March 10, 2021

Mar 10, 2021    Marlon Mathre

I suppose its human nature to be anxious from time to time in a person’s life. I know I’ve had seasons throughout my life that I’ve had concern for various reasons. These have included serious things and usually not so serious things. From health concerns to finances to speaking in front of people to…the list goes on.
When times of anxiety and doubt arise, I’ve often pleaded with God, “Help me through this time. Show me the way and get me through it.” Often its more, “Just plain fix it for me please. Don’t make me guess what You want, Lord. Spell it out please.” (I feel if I say ‘please’ He’s more apt to answer the way I want Him to answer.) Anyway, He answered me! He actually spelled it out! Jesus Himself actually answered me! He said:
“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Now I don’t want to misrepresent anything. Jesus told another friend of His, Matthew, to let us all know. (By the way, did you know that Matthew was a Publican too?) Matthew wrote it down so we wouldn’t forget anything. You might want to read the rest of what He said. This was just a little bit from Matthew 6:25-34. Please go and read the rest of what Jesus Himself said.
There are many more verses to “Don’t worry. Be Happy!” in the Bible. Let’s get acquainted with the whole song.