What We Miss When We Don't

 

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.

          Matthew 6. 25

These are the very words of Jesus.

What is He trying to 

           get across to us?

Do not be anxious

  is repeated six times

          in nine verses.

What part of that truth

    do we not understand?

There is a reason for it.

Being anxious 

     jams all the phone lines,

blinds us to God's provision,

     protection and Presence,

locks the doors

   and cuts off the power.

But most of all,

    being anxious keeps us

    from trusting God Almighty.

And oh, what we miss

          when we don't.

Anxiety promises the world

  and drops us over a cliff.

Seek Me instead.

Have we even thought of

      trusting Him about it?

God provides a way through

      -- all the way through.

O LORD,

You are in control.

Help us to know we aren't,

 nor do you intend us to be.

You watch over us.

You care for us.

You provide a way through

  that we cannot see

             on our own.

May we not be dominated

     by impending doom,

  but by Your Presence.

Walk with us.

Go before us.

Guide our steps.

The unknown

   is not unknown to You.

We don't know what to do,

    but we know 

    we can trust You.