22 Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. — Luke 12:22 NLT
Jesus is not suggesting that we not worry, He is telling us not to do it. If we continually worry about something, we are being disobedient. Not only is continually worrying a sin, satan uses it to destroy us mentally and if we persist in worrying, it will destroy us physically. We might look at this warning from Jesus in a different light, if we look up the definition of worry and find the following definition and example:
worry (of a dog or other carnivorous animal) tear at, gnaw on, or drag around with the teeth.
“I found my dog contentedly worrying a bone”
Imagine that satan is the dog and you are the bone. You see why God doesn’t want us to worry? He knows it’s that sly old dog, satan, lying to us and dragging us down. Isn’t that an exact picture of how we feel after days and days of worrying over something? We feel worn out, torn up and like we have been dragged around by the hair of the head. And guess what, Jesus was right, all of our worrying has not changed a single thing. Whatever was going to happen, happened anyway and whatever was not going to happen, didn’t happen. We can cast all of our cares on Jesus. Some of those cares He will crush with His feet because they come from His enemy, satan. Some of those cares He will hold in the palm of His hand and caress you until you feel His joy. Why? That is just what Love does.
Post 08-16-2016
Morning Meds (Take 1 each Morning with all the Prayer You Need) 