The Cure

I’m going to look at Matthew 6:25-34 over the next few days, because at the beginning of this passage it says “Cure for Anxiety” as the topic heading.  Don’t we all need a cure for anxiety in this world in which we live?

^{Verse 25:} For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 

These are Jesus’ own words to us, instructing us to not worry about the things that concern this life – like food, drink, and clothing.  But the next sentence asks a question to which begs an answer from all of us, but yet Jesus also provides the correct answer.

Yes, life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

In other words, food, drink, and clothing are needs that our heaven father knows we must have in order to function in this life – that’s a given – so no need to fret over it.  He will provide.

But while we strive at providing all of those things for ourselves, we sometimes forget to live and take care of our bodies.

It’s hard work to provide for even simple necessities of life, especially if work is slow or pay is poor.  But worry, added to that hard work, makes for an anxious life.

It’s easy to SAY that we  need to enjoy life and take care of our bodies well, but it’s hard sometimes to do these things, in light of our “needs” taking so much of our time and energy.

Jesus tells us here to let the worry go, so it must be possible…

Don't worry.