Worry Me Not

"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 clothes? Look 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? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:25-27

Oh man....how often do I ever worry? haha alot. Even the petty things get me going. But one thing I have definately learned from worrying so much...it gets you absolutely nowhere. Seriously, where's the benefit of wondering if you'll be able to pay off your school bill on time, or if you'll have enough food to feed your family or friends for just one night, or even if you'll have enough pairs of clean underwear to get you through the week by the time you get paid and can FINALLY do laundry? Answer: there is no benefit.

The passage continues in verses 28-32:
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splender was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 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."

I'm a pagan...ok, not really. But in a sense I kind of am. I "run after" food (definately food), drinks, and clothing. I worry if I'll have enough packets of Easy-Mac and instant oatmeal to last me the rest of the semester. Serisouly. The college doesn't feed us Saturday mornings or Sunday mornings or afternoons, so those are my oatmeal/Easy-Mac days. Pathetic, I know, but it's not like I have the money or even a car to be eating out that much. I'm a college student with no job. BUT...I have not gone hungry one day this entire year. And as little money I have either in my wallet or my bank account, I still manage to acquire at least five dollars in quarters to do my laundry....BEFORE running out of clean underwear.

God knows my needs. Jesus said so...like, He himself declared from his very own lips that my heavenly Father is watching out for me. You can't get any more legit than that. O me of little faith. Ain't it funny how we can trust a God so powerful to save us from disasters and trust a God so gracious to have a plan for our lives, but we forget to trust a God so giving to provide food for the day? Think about it as you keep reading...

"But seek first God's 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." Matthew 6:33-34

Haha I just love that! The day will worry about its own stinkin' self. Man, Jesus really knew how to tell it like it was! It's like, He hears someone complaining about something, and He whips this sermon out and is like, "BOOM! Roasted!" (haha 'The Office' joke) "I gotcha' covered, so stop worrying your socks off!"

But seriously. Seek God's kingdom. Have an eternal perspective. God knows what He's doing. He has a plan laid out for us and if we just learn to follow Him, then He'll take care of our daily needs. How cool is that! I don't have to worry about not having enough food or clean underwear! Because I am taken care of.