It is possible to live without worry. Not only is it possible not to worry, but Jesus actually forbids us from worrying. Not only do you gain nothing from worry, but you can actually do yourself a lot of damage. It’s bad for your physical and mental health. And what is the point? You cannot control your circumstances, so why stress over them? The real issue with worry is that it involves us taking on a prerogative that belongs to God alone. You belong to God and therefore your life is his concern. You are not meant to carry the weight of your own life. That is God’s prerogative. Tomorrow belongs to God. It is not for you to try to determine what happens tomorrow. If you would only get your eyes off the future and engage with the present then you would discover God. God is present. If you are always looking to the future, then you will be distracted from what God wants to show you in the present. This is why we so often miss God. I encourage you today to give tomorrow over to God. Give it back as something that always belonged to him. As you do this, seek to discern what God is asking you to do now. You can’t control the future but there are choices that you can make now that will determine who you will be tomorrow, whatever may take place. That is your responsibility. The rest is God’s responsibility. Let God be God.
Ask God to lift the burdens of your life off your shoulders.
Read Matthew 6:25-34
