Therefore do not worry about tomorrow

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow" (Matthew 6:34)

   Those are the gracious words of our Lord. Those loving words of encouragement are necessary because human race is crushed under the burden of worries. Worry is the by product of insecurity and uncertainty. We are not certain what is going to happen next and we feel insecure. We are afraid that something bad may happen to us next moment. So, naturally we worry. Children of Adam do not know the future and their powers are limited very much. So, worry became a natural and unavoidable ingredient of human life. It is but natural for a human being to worry.

   Any person who tells that he has nothing to worry is actually lying. Even multi millionaires have their own worries. Kings and rulers have got their own worries. Their worries are heavier and more torturing. An ordinary person has to worry only about his basic needs like food and clothing. But kings and heads of nations have to worry for their lives and the problems of a whole nation. As it is said that erring is human, we can say that even worrying is human.

   Why then does our all wise Lord tell us not to worry? He tells us not to worry because we have a wonderful Father in heaven worrying about us (1 Peter 5:7). There are two undeniable facts about our problems. It is a fact that we cannot change nor solve our problems by worrying. Another important fact is that the One sitting on the throne of heaven caring for us is able to change our circumstances and solve our problems. Whether or not we care for our problems, He cares for us because He is a loving Father.

   He prepared food for us in our mother's body even before we were born. Just consider what would be our fate if we have to pray and cry out to God to get our food on the first day of our life in this world. We didn't ask Him to prepare milk for us and we didn't even know that we need milk immediately after being born! Yet our food was ready, the moment we were born! Hallelujah! What a wonderful and caring God we have. Earthly parents think of their children's marriage long before the children grow up and realize the need for marriage. Earthly parents also prepare clothes for their children though they do not ask for them. How much more our heavenly father prepares and provides what we need even before we ask for it.

   It is natural for a human to worry but it is not necessary for a Christian to worry. Worrying is both needless and useless for a Christian. As someone has rightly said, "Worrying is a wrong state of mind which doubts God's promises". If we simply trust God's promises and His goodness, we have no need to worry. If we trust that the One who cares for us is almighty, we will not worry. May God give us grace to place all our burdens in the almighty hands of our Lord!