“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:25-34
I love people. I love talking to people. If you have known me for any length of time you probably know this about me. One of my favorite things to do during the week is to go get coffee with people to talk and see how God is working in their lives, I do this almost everyday with different individuals, usually either younger than me or somewhere similar to my age. My blog is even called coffeeshopgod. During the course of these conversations, conversations on the phone, and my life, I have noticed something in general about people. We are anxious about our lives.
It seems as if we as a culture are always looking for the next step. It starts at a younger age and continues through life. A drivers license, high school graduation, college, college graduation, marriage, job, children, children’s drivers license, children’s high school graduation, children’s college, children’s marriage, grandchildren, retirement, ect.. There is nothing inherently wrong with being excited about any of these events, but when the expectancy of or lack of these events alter your satisfaction/joy, then there is a problem. Each day is a gift from the Lord.
I am as guilty as anyone. I am anxious for graduation from Seminary. I worry about financial issues. I make plans for tomorrow and wish today would hurry up and get over. Each day is a gift and God has us in each situation in life for a reason. Let’s take joy in where the Lord has us each day.
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