"NOT BE ANXIOUS!!"

Matthew 6:24-34               (ESV)
"24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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?
26 LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 "Therefore do "NOT BE ANXIOUS" about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."


It seems I am always trying to lose weight.  I weigh considerable less than I did seven years ago, but I would still enjoy weighing twenty pounds more than I graduated high school!  The first thing I do upon getting out of bed is get on the scales.  I am not OBSESSED, but I am determined to manage my weight better.

JESUS makes a profound statement in the text above.  "Look at the birds??"  Have you ever seen a bird die from malnutrition?  Do the birds have food banks where the poor birds go for sustenance?  The birds have to depend on The FATHER to feed them. GOD supplies them with their dietary needs.

I have yet to see a Weight Watchers program for birds either!  They have to get out and work for their food.  If birds are lazy and wait for their food to be delivered to them, they will probably not function very well.  If birds get out of shape and don't exercise their wings, flying will be most difficult.  GOD has a plan and purpose for the birds, and they fulfill the plan and purpose very well.  So do we!

Man was made after GOD's image (Genesis 1:27).  Our ultimate goal should be to be like GOD. JESUS and GOD are ONE (John 10:30).  If JESUS and GOD are ONE and JESUS came to give HIS life for me that I might have eternal life with HIM, is there anything I should fret over?  I can never live worthy of HIS acceptance, but GRACE provides me with HOPE!  So, shall I be concerned over next months bills?  What about next weeks test results from my doctor?  Or maybe weighing twenty pounds more than I did after I graduated high school???  GOD has all of this in HIS control.....and I should "NOT BE ANXIOUS"!!!