"A Message To Us Worry-Warts"

By: Zach Wood

Luke 12:22-23

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.  Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.'"

 

 

Do we have any worry warts out there?  Come one....I want to see those hands!  Don't be afraid to admit it.  I tend to be a worry-wart.  I'm not as bad as I used to be, but I still have room for improvement.  In the passage here in Luke, Jesus explains to his disciples that there is no need to worry about life.  He adds in verse 25, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"  Jesus clearly does not want us to worry about anything.  Yeah, that's easier said than done, right?  Well, if Jesus commands it, we need to pay attention and focus on Him instead of things we are worried about.  It's clear that we cannot change what's in the future or what might happen.  Only God knows the future and what will occur.

 

When we worry, we are just adding stress to our lives, as I'm sure Jesus saw in the disciples He was teaching for 3 years.  Don't you think they did a bit of worrying themselves?  I think so!  However, He knew that it wasn't easy for them not to worry.  But that was no excuse for them to worry and neither is it for us.  

 

I had a friend in college who was from Australia.  I enjoyed hearing him talk because I like hearing the "Aussie" accent.  I can remember him many times, when we were in a conversation about a situation, saying, "No worries".  And....he really meant it!  He seemed to have a peace about life.  I think we can all learn something here from my friend and from the passage on worrying that Jesus shares with His disciples. 

 

I love what Jesus says in verse 31, "But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well."  If we want to get away from the worry-wart syndrome, we've got to put our focus completely on Him!  Take our eyes off the circumstances around us, which we cannot control most of the time, and learn to lean on Him and trust in His guidance.  God created life and He will supply all of our needs.  We don't need to worry because He is in charge and in control.  When we try to take control and worry about what's going on around us, then we take our eyes off Jesus, and we fall from our spiritual health as well as our mental and physical health.  It's not worth the struggle. 

 

Let Jesus take away your worry-wart syndrome and give you peace of heart and mind.