Posted on 06/12/2022 5:51:36 AM PDT by metmom
“‘But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!’” (Matthew 6:30).
It seems odd, does it not, that we who have freely put our eternal destiny into Christ’s hands would at times refuse to believe that He will provide what we need to eat, drink, and wear. Faith should extend to the ordinary, just as it extends to the extraordinary.
Worry is not a trivial sin because it strikes a blow both at God’s love and integrity. Worry declares our heavenly Father to be untrustworthy in His Word and His promises. To claim belief in the inerrancy of Scripture yet in the next moment express worry is to deny that very belief. Worry reveals that we are mastered by our circumstances and by our own finite perspective and understanding rather than God’s Word. Worry is therefore not only debilitating and destructive but also maligns and impugns God.
When a believer is not fresh in the Word every day so that God is in his mind and heart, then Satan moves into the vacuum and plants worry. And worry pushes the Lord even further from our minds.
Paul counsels us as he did the Ephesians, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might” (Eph. 1:18–19).
Ask Yourself
Have you ever seriously considered the unspoken statement you make when worry defines your reaction to life’s uncertainties? If you understood the root beliefs that fuel the fires of anxiety, what effect would this knowledge have on your level of fretfulness?
From Daily Readings from the Life of Christ, Vol. 1, John MacArthur. Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 60610, www.moodypublishers.com.
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Studying God’s Word ping
‘FEAR NOT!’
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The Lord used this term Many times.
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Our current situation is centered on Fear and
It’s Not like Us.
This Nation Stood at the
Gates of Hell and Declared
FREEDOM to Slaves!
Man’s attempts to negate uncertainty is the source of so much wrong in the world, from ongoing child sacrifice in Africa to poverty-capturing social policies in the US.
I lived next door to a little old lady who had a big sign in her kitchen:
Why worry when you can pray?
This is something I’ve always wondered about Free Republic.
Some of the loudest proponents of Christianity here seem to be among the biggest fearmongers.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Interesting,,
Godly Fear and unholy Fear.
It’s complicated.
This is a devotional thread, not for contentious posts.
If you wish to discuss something like that, or make criticisms of Christians, do it on another thread.
“When a believer is not fresh in the Word every day so that God is in his mind and heart, then Satan moves into the vacuum and plants worry. And worry pushes the Lord even further from our minds.”
Worth repeating!
I love that.
I have found that if I miss a couple days of Scripture reading, I can tell. My attitude begins to tank pretty quickly.
Having gone through a very dry spell some years back, I decided that I needed to be diligent about getting in the Word every day and so I did.
It took some time for it to begin to change my attitude, but it did happen. Fortunately I was realistic enough to realize that I didn’t get where I was overnight , and so getting back to where I needed to be wouldn’t happen instantly either.
Same here!
Thank You! I was aware of ‘Caucus’. I didn’t know ‘Devotional’.
(And I wasn’t criticizing ‘Christians’; I was suggesting that some posts are at odds with Jesus.)
“Flee the Wrath to Come!”
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Seems an example.
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