Solid Rock Devotional
8th January, 2018
WORRIES OF THE WORLD
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? Matthew 6:25
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health problems. Without being simplistic, I believe that many anxieties have a spiritual cause. Certainly not all anxieties are spiritual there are also clinical, biological and circumstantial causes; but it’s the spiritual causes of anxiety that Jesus addresses in the Sermon on the Mount.
Five times Jesus says, ‘ *Do not worry,’* (Matthew 6). In case His listeners didn’t understand, Jesus gives a whole range of things that people might worry about. He made mention of clothing, food, the body, length of life etc.
Jesus wasn’t just randomly talking about worry. This section begins with Jesus talking about having treasure, either on earth, or in heaven. The reason this is important is that, ‘ *where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’* (Matthew 6:21)
Our treasure is whatever our heart is pre-occupied with. It is either earthly, or heavenly; human-oriented, or God-oriented. When our hearts are fixed on things eternal, we have no reason to worry about events on earth for our trust is in God.
In this world, it is that which captivates us that motivate us, and that which motivates us will control us, so let us be vigilant.
PRAYER: My Father and my Lord, please enable me to cast my cares on You.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Matthew 3:1-17
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