Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Worry”
Our Bible verse for today: “So don’t worry …” Matthew 6:31 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Trust Jesus and stop worrying.”
As I write this it is the day before Mother’s Day 2015. I’ve been thinking about my wife and what a great mother she is to our four children. For one thing, she has always been the stabilizing influence in our family.
During all my years as a Naval Officer I was frequently gone and so Linda kept the home fires burning and the kids on track. Once I retired from the Navy and went into the ministry, nothing much changed in this respect. I was frequently away from home ministering to people or leading mission teams around the world, and once again Linda kept things stable at home.
So on this Mother’s Day, as a way of paying tribute to my wife, the mother of my children, I want to share with you her favorite passage of Scripture. It reveals a lot about where she gets that great sense of stability from. It is Matthew 6:25-34:
“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!
If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you – you of little faith? So don’t worry, saying ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Linda gets great peace and reassurance from that passage; it enables her to stay focused on the things that really matter and not worry about the things that don’t. She has learned to trust Jesus and stop worrying. It’s a good lesson for all of us.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 