May The Source Be With You
“And if God cares so
wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t He more
surely care for you, O you of little faith?”
Peter Marshall, former Senate Chaplain, once
prayed, "Help us to do our very best this day and be content with today's
troubles so that we shall not borrow the troubles of tomorrow. Save us from the
sin of worrying, lest stomach ulcers be the badge of our lack of faith." Few things can overwhelm us like worry. The
truth is, the more we realize that God cares about us, the less worry we
will find in our lives.
In Matthew 6,
Jesus was speaking at the Sermon on the Mount when He was speaking on this area
and reminding them of how much God cares.
In v. 30, Jesus says, “And if God
cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t He
more surely care for you, O you of little faith?” He says there’s no need to worry because God
has promised to take care of you if you’ll just trust Him, He’s your Heavenly
Father.
The late Bishop Ernest Fitzgerald used to
tell about a man he knew years ago who lived in one of the isolated corners of
the Blue Ridge Mountains. Life
was hard, and every day his little hillside farm was at the mercy of drought,
wind, or cold. Yet he was about the most serene and deeply contented man Bishop
Fitzgerald had ever known. So he asked the old mountaineer one day if he had
ever had any troubles and if he had ever spent sleepless nights. "Sure,
I've had my troubles," he said, "but no sleepless nights. When I go
to bed I say, 'Lord, you have to sit up all night anyway. There's no point in
both of us losing sleep. You look after things tonight and when tomorrow comes,
I'll do the best I can to help You.'"
Worry always
indicates that you have a misunderstanding or have forgotten what God is
like. Worry always indicates that I
don’t really understand what God’s like.
And, if I misunderstand what He’s like then I can’t trust Him, and if I
can’t trust Him, then I’m going to worry.
So, the issue really is not that you’re worried, it’s just who do you
think God is? Do you think God will do
what He says He’ll do? We always get
into trouble when we doubt God’s love.
Now, if God can be trusted for my salvation, can’t He be trusted for everything
else?
That is what it says
in Romans 8.
You see, we say, “God, I’m trusting you with my life, save me for my eternal
salvation. Solve my biggest problem and forgive all the guilt and sin I’ve ever
had, but I’ll take care of my finances.”
If God saved you, He solved your biggest problem. Any other problem you have is minor by
comparison. God cares about you. When you worry, you are basically saying to
other people, “I’m acting as if there is no God. I don’t believe God’s going to keep His
word. He’s not going to do what He
said. It all depends on me.”
When facing worry, we
need to ask God to help us. You
have not because you ask not. Why does
God want us to ask? Because He is the source. God wants you to see Him as your source for all your
needs. .
When I don't know what to
do, God is with you.
When I run out of energy,
God is my source of strength.
When I feel like
everything is caving in and depressing me, God is the source of my
happiness.
When you are hurting, He
is the source of hope when things look hopeless.
When life becomes
stressed out, God is my source of peace.
Remember, when you
are facing times of worry, God is with us.
As you go through your day, to paraphrase the epic Star Wars series, “May the Source be with you.” He wants to give you peace in the midst of
your worry.
Terry Risser
Reflections:
1) What are you worrying about
that God wants you to give to Him?
2) Take time to hand it over
to Him today.
Consider reading the Word:
Copyright 2014- Terry Risser
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