In every life we have
some trouble But when you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy Don't
worry, be happy now.[1]
So goes the song that was released in 1988. How many times has someone said
that to you? “Oh, it will be okay, everything will work out, just you wait and
see.” Ever had anyone say that to you? I bet you have, just as I have; hundreds
of times.
Can you believe I have actually heard some Christians say
that worry is a sin? Because Jesus said not to worry about things, they think
if you worry then you are sinning. You tell me how not to worry and while you are
at it tell me how to forget some things. I guess if worry is a sin then I don’t
worry; I just get concerned about things. Lying is a sin. Remember; what we
know, God knows. You can’t tell me that you never have, or never do, worry. It comes
natural to us, just like fear does. A person gets a result from the MRI and the
docs say, “It’s cancer.” I don’t care how much faith you have or how much trust
you have in Christ; your mind automatically thinks two things; am I going to
die and will I suffer. A person tries to get in touch with a family member in a
city that has been hit by a tornado and cannot get through and has not heard
from them; they worry.
Before we can ever learn to depend on God we have first got to
accept our own weaknesses. Worry is one of them. The more we try not to worry,
the more we do! Jesus knows what worry is; and what it is not. Worry is not
rebellion against Him. The problem with worry is that it can overtake our
thought process. The issue over which we worry can become the main focus of our
entire life. Did you know that statistics indicate that ninety percent of the
things we worry about never come to pass? Would you permit me to comment on
that statistic Scripturally? And we know
that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting
into his plans.[2]
It is not the ninety percent that we worry about; it is the other ten that gets
our attention.
You are going to worry, face it. You are not sinning when
you do. Only when we begin to think that God is not in control can we slip into
the shadow of doubt; which would make us a fatalist, someone who thinks that
things happen without any control. No, my friend, God is in control. Jesus said
“do not worry about tomorrow” (because I already have it planned for you).[3]
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