Tuesday the 21st

Matthew 6: ²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

 

I want o really just look at the first part of this scripture, Christ is saying do not worry about your life. Did you know that Christ is recorded talking more about not worrying, being courageous, and letting go of fear, than He does about loving our neighbor. We know that Love is the most important law. Love for God, and love for each other. Yet Christ spend more time talking about letting go of fear. Stress, anxiety, worry….call it what you want, it is all fear. Christ knew it would be, and honestly, still is, a hurdle for most, and a brick wall for the rest. Fear is something that we all must deal with. Christ gave us the answer….He actually gives the answer several times. He tells us the key is to set aside fear, and replace it with faith. Faith in Him, and faith in His Father, fear of nothing. Living fearlessly, what a concept. That is not to say that we will no longer feel that pang of fear, that knot of worry, or that ball of anxiety that shows up in moments of distress, however what we do with it after the acknowledgement will make all the difference. The feeling of fear strikes us all, however those who replace it with faith carry on forward, confident of the fact that God will be there to take care of us. For those that hold on to that fear, well…..they become paralyzed by it. Fear will cripple you if you let it. It can bring the strongest man down, and stop even the most driven person. Fear is the devils best weapon. What starts off as just a simple little fear of the unknown, can quickly turn into fear of the impossible, fear that God will not do it, so you have to do it yourself, fear that you will never achieve, never pass, never obtain, never live, never rise, never……how much more can we add to that list? It is quiet endless if you think about it, and with each new entry, the heart beats a little faster, the palms get a little sweatier, the pupils dilate. Life can go from looking pretty good, to pretty hopeless in a short amount of time, and the next thing you know that confident child of God, is now cowering in the corner, so sure that they have been abandoned. There is no room for fear in the lives of the God’s children. There is no need for fear with Christ as your brother. Does that mean that our paths will be lined with roses, and the sky’s will always be blue? No, I wish I could say that was the case but we all know it is not. There will be storms, they will come out of know where and toss us around like a cork on the water, we are just like the disciples in the boat with Christ we will call on Christ, and I can hear Him already, “you of little faith, why do you doubt?” With that He will calm the storm, just like He has for all of those who will call on Him, and have faith in Him. So I ask each of you why do you doubt? Christ has told us time and time again, do not worry, take heart, fear not,  be courageous….He is with us, replace the fear with faith. 

 

 

God Bless,

Brian Thetford

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