Mar.12.03: Light For The Day - "Worry Is Worthless" -- Matthew 6:33,34 (NIVUS) "33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." ------------------------ Worry is a complete waste of energy. Is solves nothing. That's why Jesus said "Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matt 6:27) In essence He was saying, "You go to bed tonight and fret and fuss because you're not five feet, eleven inches, you only five feet, nine inches. But when you wake up in the morning, you're still going to be five feet, nine inches." Worry will never make you stretch! And it won't solve that anxiety on your mind either. Let me be completely candid here. Do you know why we worry? We have a quiet, hidden, love for worry. We enjoy it! When one worry is gone, we replace it with another. There's always a line of worries waiting to get in the door. So as one goes out the back door, we usher in the next one through the front door. We enjoy entertaining them. Worries are our mental and emotional companions. But Jesus says, in effect, that they're worthless! -- Charles Swindoll ------------------------- -- John 14:27 (NIVUS) "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." -- John 16:33 (NIVUS) "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."