Is your heart full of worries about your health, finances, family or future? Even when all is well, some people still worry because they have heard others say, “You should worry when everything is peaceful because something is wrong when the devil leaves you alone.” So they worry even when there is nothing to worry about!
But Jesus does not want you to worry about what you will eat or drink, or about your body and what you will put on your back. He tells you not to worry about your daily provisions because God, who is your heavenly Father, knows that you need all these things and He wants to add these things to you (see Matthew 6:32–33).
God is the same God who took care of the children of Israel in the wilderness, feeding them with manna every day for 40 years (see Exodus 16)! Under His care, His people had no lack. When the people wanted meat for dinner, He simply rained quails on them (see Numbers 11:31–32). The children of Israel only had to pick them up. If they had gone to look for meat themselves, they probably would not have found any in the desert.
The problem with us today is that we think that we must do something to help ourselves. Some of us may even think that it is easy for Jesus to say, “Don’t worry. Take no thought for your life,” because He does not understand the problems we face in life.
But the truth is that Jesus understands the problems we face in life. In fact, He faced what I would call the “final problem”—death. Death is the “final problem” because it puts an end to all our other problems. Jesus faced death at the cross, conquered it and rose from the dead. And because He conquered the problem of problems, we can trust Him when He tells us not to worry!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Worry is a real killer. It's funny, people worry about dying and they get sick from the stress of worrying and die. Death is scary for some, and as it says above, it can be the problem of all problems to worry about. When Jesus was 'late' to see His friend Lazarus and Lazarus died, his sister told Jesus that He was too late. What Jesus said to her is what we should keep in our heart always. He said to Mary, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" Mary said yes. Well, do you believe this? To live and believe that Jesus is the life, the way, the truth and the resurrection is to truly live. With this kind of belief and knowledge, life is worth living. Today, read John 11 in your bible and then meditate about it. Then pray to God in heaven that He will grant you the grace to believe His Son, free you from worry and make this life worth living.
