I know you are familiar with this text, but take time today once again to consider the grace of this teaching of Jesus:
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look 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? 27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you — you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today’” Matthew 6:25-34.
Jesus tells us not to worry because each of us is of more value than anything else in all creation. So as you enter into 2024 consider the things you are worrying about this day, and give them ALL back to the Lord. He has them all covered. Instead do what Jesus recommends: “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” Matthew 6:33.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner.
From the Bible:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding”
Proverbs 3:5.
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday” Psalm 37:4-6.
“…for those who love God all things work together for good…” Romans 8:28.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9.
“Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe” Mark 5:36.
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