Are you worried that God cannot take care of you? Are you concerned that if you trust God, He will let you down?

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
(Matt. 6:34)

Jesus clearly tells us in this passage of scripture that we are not to worry. How many ways does He have to say, “do not worry?” The NLT says, “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

The dictionary defines worry as to cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled. First Peter 5:7 AMP says, “Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.” Worry is the absence of a sound mind. Worry can make a person feel powerless and unloved. But, worry gets its motivation from fear. Second Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 

Three times in this passage of scripture Jesus instructs us not to worry. And He addresses worry five times. In verse 27 Jesus says, “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”  Jesus was asking; “Can worrying change your situation?”  “If you worry real hard, will things get better for you?”  And , “What benefit do you gain from worrying?”

Jesus asks in verse 28, “So why do you worry about clothing?” And He uses as a reference, King Solomon. Jesus says, “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;” And in verse 29 He says, “and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” 

But notice verse 30. “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?”  Are you worried that God cannot take care of you? Are you concerned that if you trust God, He will let you down?

Solomon was one of the wealthiest men in the history of the world, and yet Jesus says that the lilies of the field are “arrayed” (or displayed) even more marvelously. What’s the difference? Lilies do not worry about who will take care of them.

The parallel here is that the “the lilies of the field,” do not “toil nor spin.” They just sit there and remain blessed of the Lord. They don’t worry about being blessed, and they don’t worry because God has them on display. Creation just stands blessed! And Jesus says, “will He not much more (or in a greater degree) clothe you, O you of little faith?" In other words Jesus was asking, “Why aren’t you using your faith to trust Me to take care of you?”

We know that the world seeks or values the ability to get more at any cost. But our God only asks this of us in verse 33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” 

Jesus said in verse 34 (AMP), “So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient (or as the Greek says, satisfactory) for each day is its own trouble.” Tomorrow has plenty to worry about, and worry (or the devil) is satisfied with each day you spend worrying over things.

When you choose to worry again and again, you soon develop the habit of being a worrier. Worry is habit forming. Worry is not a disease you go to the doctor for. Worry is a choice. Choose to look to God and rely on His Word when you are tempted to worry.

For today, just make it your focus to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” instead of worrying about tomorrow. And as far as tomorrow goes, Jesus says, “do not worry about tomorrow.”  …Think about it!