Matthew 5-6: Really Trust Me

So do not worry about tomorrow. Let tomorrow worry about itself. 

Living faithfully is a large enough task for today. 

Matthew 6:34

It is really hard not to worry. What if next month there isn't enough money? What if my child get's sick? What if I don't have any friends? What if I'm not useful anymore? What if I'm not the best? One worry opens up the door for so many others. It's a flood that overwhelms us.

Have you ever been so afraid of an outcome that you were paralyzed with fear? As in, you worried and worried about it, but did nothing to prevent it. You were so worried that you became exhausted, sleeping all day, procrastinating, watching television shows. It's happened to all of us. Worry makes us useless-- to ourselves in our own motives in life, but also to God and His greater purposes. If we are worrying, our mind is so clouded that we cannot hear His voice. We cannot see a way out.

That is not to say that we should just say, oh everything's going to be alright, nothing bad will happen to me because God is for me, because bad things do happen. Sometimes they even happen to really good people. Godly people. God doesn't promise to protect us against the unwinding of this world. We are broken with the world and will continue to break right along with it. What God does promise is that He will be there to pick up the pieces and make something new and beautiful out of it. 

So if we are not just supposed to naively say everything will be alright, what does God want from us? I think He wants us to trust Him. To trust in His ability to work good out of any outcome. To trust that though life hits you in the face with a curve ball, God will be there to work healing and new growth in you. That if you suddenly walk into the hardest of times-- bad health, arguments with your spouse, no job, no money, no rest-- that He will be there beside you, lending you strength enough to live faithfully through today. One day at a time. 

Worry is one of my biggest faults-- so this is me preaching to the choir. My big imagination goes both ways. Will you join me in striving to live faithfully one day at a time?