“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 food, and the body 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?...Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:25-27, 34)
What is overwhelming thoughts are in your mind these days? What is it that
you are fearful that He may not provide? You say, “I am just being cautious.”
Are you? What does your heart reveal? Are you having a problem trusting?
Some people are so fearful, so anxious that they never go anywhere or do
anything. Others are constantly on the move because they are fearful of staying
still, fearful that they might miss something. You would think that those who
have decided to go on a mission trip would be people of faith and would not
anxious. But let me share something with you; the groups that I have led and
been a part of are usually divided in equal parts: half filled with faith and
half that are filled with fear. Which would best describe you?
If you are of the faith group then strengthen those that are weak. If you
are of the fearful group then get close to those who are strong and listen to
the words of the One who is constantly saying “Fear not!”
The fact that God is often saying “Fear not” means that He doesn’t discard
the fearful, and He won’t let them down. Instead He calls them to go deeper and
farther with Him. He invites them to join Him in a journey that He knows is fearful
to them. He doesn’t tell them to stay home, but invites them to come along.
Walking with Him in a journey like this has a way of turning people that are
generally anxious and fearful into people of faith.
May this be said of you. May it be evident in your life today.
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Bible, clothing, food, or safe water. Whatever gift you choose to give, I’m
grateful for your continued and generous support, because you’re transforming the lives of the people of India. In Mark 1:41 Jesus
healed a man with leprosy. He touched him and said, “Be healed!” Jesus showed
us we should love and care for people who are suffering. Follow His example.
This Christmas, give compassion.
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