WORRY

Look at the birds of the air…. Your heavenly Father feeds them,

Are you not much more valuable than they? (Matthew 6:26)

“Do not worry,” says our Lord.

“But how can I help worrying,” we ask, “when I face this and that?”

Jesus replies, “Your faith is too small. Have you forgotten that God is

your Father? If God cares for the birds, whose Father He is not, is it not

plain that he will certainly care for you, whose Father he is? “Seek

first his [your Father’s kingdom] and his righteousness, and all these

things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33)

“We might have a crash,” said the small girl anxiously as the family

car threaded its way through traffic.

“Trust Daddy; he’s a good driver,” said Mommy, and the young lady

relaxed at once.

Do you trust your heavenly Father like that? If not, why not? Such

trust is vital; it is the mainspring of the life of faith, without which it

becomes a life of at least partial belief.

PRAY

Examine your current worries; “I do not trust God for….” Respectfully

ask God to meet the need that worry reflects; and also to increase

your trust in his kind wisdom.

Knowing God Devotional Journal J. I. Packer

Edited by, Carolyn Nystrom