Matthew 6:25-34 (Contemporary English Version) I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing? Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds? Can worry make you live longer? Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith? Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?" Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these. But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today.
What good will it do for us to worry? Just do what God allows you to do and trust Him to handle the situation. When my children each faced a major surgery, as the mom, I wanted to take care of them and not have them suffer the pain (you know the “Take me instead” prayer), but I knew that there was absolutely nothing I could do in the physical realm to change that situation. I spiritually placed them on an altar before God and told Him that they were His kids and His responsibility. I prayed that His will be done and then I had to trust Him that no matter what took place in that hospital He was in control and all things would work together for the good of them that loves the Lord. I knew in my heart God could heal them instantly but sometimes like Abraham we have to lay our wants, controls, and desires for the future on an altar. Then we began to pray for our own peace in the situation so we can walk through with praise for God and He can be glorified when people see us and they will know that it was only through God. He gives us peace which passes all understanding.
Love and God bless,
Cindy Irwin
