Fresh Manna 8 November
MEDITATION SCRIPTURE: Therefore do not be anxious saying, what shall we eat? Or what shall we drink? Or what shall we wear? (Mtt.6:31)
READ: MATTHEW 6:25-34
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Worry is a negative emotion, like all other negative emotions, it leads to negative thoughts, negatives actions, negative conclusions, and negative tendencies. Worry is a sin because it demonstrates faithlessness and distrust towards God and His care for His creation.
Victims of worry have one thing in common, demoralizing fear that saps them off the strength to do anything meaningful. Any action carried out under this situation is bound to fail because the timing and the details may also be wrong. Like fear, many of the things you worry about never actually happen. This means that worry is a manipulation of Satan to keep your faith down, destroy your joy and endanger both your health and your soul.
Our meditation scripture provides the most effective cure for worry and anxiety. Since you know that by being worried you cannot really take care of things that you are worried about then the best thing to do is to rest in the Lord and His promises knowing that He cares for you. If a little child in crèche becomes worried about the snacks he will take to school the next day, he is only insulting his parents’ intelligence and doubting their love and care for him. Each time you give in to worry and anxiety, you are only doubting God’s care and love for you, thereby closing the door of His grace,
Only faith attracts and receives from God.
TURNING POINT: Worry is a sin because it demonstrates faithlessness and distrust towards God and His care for his creation.
PRAYER POINT: Lord, deliver me from every form of worry and anxiety.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JER.38,39; HEB.1
Thank you for studying today’s Fresh Manna (The Christian Pentecostal Mission International Daily Devotional) – Facts About Worry – written by REV. DR. O. EZEKIEL & REV. DR. M. EZEKIEL
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Fresh Manna 8 November 2021
