Don't Worry, Be Faithful

Series: You've Heard It Said

October 01, 2017
Frank Foreman

The sixth sermon in the series of messages on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5-7. In His teaching, Jesus clearly teaches that as followers of Christ, reflecting his character, we are called to live above the expectations of the world ... that we are called to meet more than the minimum requirements.

Episode Notes

LET YOUR JOY FOR TODAY DOMINATE THE WORRIES OF TOMORROW

Matthew 6:19-24  ... Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  The eye is the lamp of the body.  So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.  If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!  No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 6:25-34 ... Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.  Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not of more value than they?  And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?  And why are you anxious about clothing?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.


1.  Worry is UNNECESSARY because of your FATHER

  • When you truly RECOGNIZE the Father, and His CARE for you, worry goes away


2.  Worry is UNCHARACTERISTIC because of your FAITH

  • When in a position of total DEPENDENCE, you can really see the FAITHFUL hand of God


3.  Worry is UNWISE because of your FUTURE

  • When you keep your eyes on ETERNITY, you trust God with all your TOMORROWS


CHALLENGE:  Stop WORRYING and start SEEKING


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