Do not worry about tomorrow - Matthew 6:34

My pillow for today might better read "Do not worry about yesterday"...the Boston tragedy has us all alarmed and praying to our God, who is not surprised by the tragedy...He grieves over the sin and wickedness.  He wants us to turn to Him in the good days and the not so good.  He is still a sovereign and omnipotent God who remains on the throne.  He still holds the stars in place and knows the plans He has for us...and they are good.

We have concerns about our world...but His word still tells us not to worry.  I heard something on KLove last week:  "Worry never makes the future easier; it only makes the present harder."  Jesus, speaking in the Sermon on the Mount, exhorts us not to worry and then proceeds to give us promises of why we shouldn't waste our time worrying. In reading David Powlison's booklet on Worry, he listed those promises in a slightly different way as told in Luke 12:22-34.  Simply put, they are:

1.  Your life is so much more than food or clothing. (v. 22)
2.  Jesus tells people to look around at the world and what he provides. (v. 24)
3.  Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (v. 25)
4.  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. (v. 27-28)
5.  Your Father will give you what you need. (v. 30)
6.  God promises you Himself. (v. 31-32)
7.  Your Father calls you to the radical freedom of giving your life away. (v. 33)

Sanctus Real sings in PROMISES:

 

"Sometimes it's hard to keep believing in what you can't see

That everything happens for a reason...even the worst life brings.

If you're reaching for an answer and you don't know what to pray

Just open up the pages; let His word be your strength

Hold on to the promises

Jesus is alive, so hold on to the promises"

 

For further study: Joshua 21:45,  Psalm 33:11, Jer. 29:11, Acts 2:39, Romans 4:20-21, Galatians 3:14, Hebrews 10:23, 2 Peter 1,4; 2 Peter 3:9

 

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

 

Love,

Holly