Today, I’m Living Like It!

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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^?

^{~ Matthew 6:25-27}

Do not worry!  Man — that’s just too hard for me!  Is it for you?  Probably so … when you consider your circumstances.  And here’s the kicker … not worrying is not a suggestion, it is a command!  We are instructed not to worry! 

I know these verses like the back of my hand but sometimes I still worry!  I worry about my family.  I worry about my life.  I worry about where I’m going.  Sometimes I even worry about what I’m worrying about.  My guess is that you do to.  Here’s my challenge for me and you today …

Don’t worry!  There is a God who loves us so much more than we deserve!  So much more than we can imagine!  So much more than we can even get our minds around!  You see … I am valuable!  I am important!  It doesn’t matter what I feel, what people say, or what my circumstances lead me to believe!  I am loved by my Creator!  He will take care of me!  I have no idea what the next day holds, what the next hour holds, or even what the next minute holds but I know who does know!  My God!  He is in control!  I’m not worried.  He will take care of me.  I am free!  And … today … I’m living like it!