“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? …Therefore do
not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:25, 34)
What is consuming your thought in these days? What is it
that you seem to be focused on over? What is it that you are fearful that He
may not provide? You might say, “I’m just being cautious,” but are you? What
does your heart reveal?
Some people are so fearful, so anxious that they never go anywhere
or do anything. Others are constantly on the move because they are afraid 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 thus not
anxious.
But let me tell you something, 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. I don’t know which would best describe you, but 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 not 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
abandon the fearful. 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, and may it be evident in your life today.
--Russ Sharrock
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