Why worry?

Isn’t life just full of trials? I mean, come on; the car breaks down, work’s cutting hours and laying off people, the price of gas is skyrocketing, bills need paid, and luck, well, it’s just running out. We’re sitting here thinking to ourselves, how am I going to do this, how am I going to make it through, and what am I going to do? You know, how am I going to get back up from where I am?

Yeah, I guess what was just stated above is simply called life, but it’s harder some days than others, isn’t it? I mean some days, we worry about so much, from how much the car is going to cost, to where I’m going to find work, and do we have the money to cut the check for the bills this month? Some days it just gets to be too much.

I know that I’m still young, but in some ways I’ve been there. I’ve been out of a car for days and weeks at a time, work has cut my hours, and the few bills that I have, have been hard to pay at times, but God knows what’s going on; He isn’t stupid. He knows exactly what we need, and He is here helping us through this crazy thing called life even now. Matthew 6:34 tells us, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

I want you to think of the past problems in your life, from the unpaid bills to the broken down car, and look at how God has brought you through them. For real - take a minute and think about it. Now I want you to think about the crises you may be facing right now and remember the same God that helped you get through the past problems is never changing and is going to do the same in the very problem you may be going through right now.

Now as you are thinking about all of that, I want to ask you a couple of questions. What did worrying do for you? Did it only made you sick, sleepless, and unproductive? And all the while, as you were worrying, God was taking care of everything, and you had nothing to worry about anyway. Now I have another question for you: if you weren’t worrying during those times how much better could that have made your situation?