Worry and Word Games
HIGHLIGHT “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34 NASB 1995) EXPLAIN At the top of the hierarchy of needs are food, clothing, and water. Threaten any one of these and your whole life becomes focused on that one thing. It is almost like the same way a physical injury will focus your attention on that pain. Before the highlighted verse, Jesus has run through a series of admonitions to not be divided in our attentions. Our focus is to be on God and His Kingdom and not on the accumulation of wealth. He brings the section to a definite point beginning in Matt. 6:25-34. In a series of illustrations, He displays how mindful God is of not just the needs of all His creation, but how He supplies both sufficiency and beauty. Are you worried about food? Consider the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or store. Yet they are fed. Worried about clothing? Consider how beautiful the lilies are, even though the...