The Cure for Anxiety – Matthew 6:25-34.
The Command
25) For this reason I say to you,
Do not be worried about your life,
-as to what you will eat
-what you will drink;
-nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Why
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Why
26) Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
Why
27 “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
Why
28 “And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
Why
29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, clothed himself like one of these.
Why
30 “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?
Why
You of little faith!
Command Re-emphasis
31 “Do not worry then, saying,
—‘What will we eat?’ or
—‘What will we drink?’ or
—‘What will we wear for clothing?’
Why
32 “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
SOLUTION
33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 So do not aworry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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