So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Our world is typically full of worry. Everyone realizes this. A popular science fiction book, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy hit this issue right on the head when it said that the guide, for which one of the main characters is a writer, sold so well not so much because of it's content but because it had the words "Don't Panic" prominently displayed in bright letters on its cover. What it lacked in content, it made up for by telling people exactly what they wanted to hear.
Right now, our world is even more full of worry than before. All around us are voices saying not only such personal things as, "What will we eat?" "What will we wear?" or even "Will I have a job tomorrow?" But mixed in there are such dire questions for society as a whole as, "Will our economy collapse?" "Is this another Depression starting?"
Well, truly none of us knows the answer to a single one of those questions. What we do know, though, is that God already knows what we need today. And he already knows what we will need tomorrow. And he has more than enough resources to give those things to us. We all need to take a step back, take our eyes off what our big worries are, and put our eyes on Jesus. We need to not be focused on wringing our hands and thinking worridly, "What are we going to do?" We need to take the long view, take up some confidence and ask, "What does God want me to do?" Let God fill in the everyday details. You focus on where He wants you to go...and let Him worry about getting you what you need to get there.
Challenge for Today: What is your biggest worry right now, the thing you're worried about when truthfully it's not in your control. (I'm sure we've all got at least one. Post it if you're comfortable doing so.) Pray about that, committing it to God's hands, then let go of it. Let Him take care of that, and let that free up your time for doing what He has for you to do today.
