The Cure for Anxiety
The Cure for Anxiety
Mt 6:25-34
My Life and My Body
(What will I eat physically, and what will I wear physically?)
vs.
His Kingdom and His Righteousness
(What will I eat spiritually, and what will I wear spiritually?)
25 “For this reason I say to you,
do not be worried
about your life, (worry #1 LIFE)
as to what you will eat (example #1a)
or what you will drink; (example #1b)
nor for your body, (worry #2 BODY)
as to what you will put on. (example #2a)
Is not life (worry #1 LIFE = What will I eat?)
more than food, (example #1a repeated)
and the body (worry #2 BODY = What will I wear?)
more than clothing? (example #2a repeated)
(Worry #1 LIFE = what will I eat?: example from nature)
26 “Look at the birds of the air,
that they do not sow,
nor reap
nor gather into barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
27 “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life (Worry #1 LIFE = What will I eat)?
(Worry #2 BODY = what will I wear?)
28 “And why are you worried about clothing?
Example from nature:
Observe how the lilies of the field grow;
they do not toil
nor do they spin,
29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
30 “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe (WORRY #2 BODY) you? You of little faith!
31 “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ (WORRY # 1 LIFE) or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ (WORRY #2 BODY)
32 “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
TRANSITION
33 “But seek first
His kingdom and
His righteousness,
and all these things (LIFE and BODY) will be added to you.
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
My LIFE (Worry #1 = What will I eat?) and My BODY (Worry #2 = what will I wear?)
vs.
His Kingdom and His Righteousness
Life vs. Kingdom (Physical food vs. Spiritual food)
Body vs. Righteousness (Physical clothing vs. Spiritual clothing)
New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995). Mt 6:25-34.
10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
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[1]New American Standard Bible : 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995). Is 61:10.