Worrrying about worry

I was reading something today that did not bless me.

Did you know that puppies are the chief carriers of ringworm? Were you aware that kitchen counters have more germs than the seat of a public toilet?

On and on it goes. Makes you wonder just what IS safe in today's world.

That's why we must live life with zest and gusto in the present. Death will come soon enough. While we as followers of Christ keep one eye on the future and eternal life, we live in the present with the knowledge that God has everything under control.

It doesn't do any good to worry. I know that, I teach that, yet why do I still worry?

It doesn't make a lot of sense.

Someone once said, "Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't take you any where." Its useless.

What do you worry about?

Your children? Money? Your health? The economy?

Has your worry ever accomplished anything?

Have you become worried that you worry too much?

I love this the words of Jesus found in Matthew 6:25-34:

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?

26Look 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?

27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[g]

28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But 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?

31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

33But 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."

Worry is just another form of atheism. It's believing that God really isn't in control. If it's to be, it's up to me.

Jesus says, "Each day has enough trouble of it's own." Thanks a lot, Jesus! Yet, it's true. Every day brings its own trouble. Why worry about tomorrow's troubles?

Let's throw them on God! As Peter writes, "Cast (throw, dump on) all your worries and cares on God for he cares for you!"

Does God care about your car payment? Yes.

Does God care about the bills you need to pay? Yes.

Does God care about your children? Yes.

Is He in control?

Absolutely.

Father, we give you this day. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not yet here, today is all we have. We give you our fears, our worries, our anxieties. We know that you have everything under control." Amen."