Worry is defined as allowing one's mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles. It is also a fear of the unknown and what things could possibly happen. It is anxiety about bad things and situations that could come in my life that would cause me grief.
I have heard or read somewhere that something like 90% of the things that we worry about never happen. They could but they don't. Chambers talks about that today.
"Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those who have His Spirit, and it works on this principle - God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget, why should I worry?"
So, deep down, is worry not just a distrust of God? Does Jesus not say in Matthew 7, "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"
What if those things in my life do not appear to be "good"? Could Romans 8:28 still apply? "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
The key is who or what we keep our eyes on, Jesus, or those potential bad things that might happen.
There is a song in the hymnal by Helen Lemmel:
"Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace"
Looks like we might have a choice to make: Worry or Jesus. The answer seems obvious....
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