Faith Overcomes Worry – Part Two

Matthew 6: 25 – 34

        Worry is savaging our society. It is killing our teens in large numbers. It is dividing families and disrupting homes. Like a guerilla warrior it slips into and divides them. It is something needing a Biblical answer.

        Jesus told a parable of a sower. Some of the seed sown fell among thorns. He said these are persons who hear the word “and the care of this world…choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”

        The simple solution to the problem of worry is the application of Scripture to daily circumstances. Have you reached the point where you are willing to subject your mind to the authority of Scripture?  That is, are you now willing to obey the Word you say you believe?  If you will put your mind under the control of God’s Word, that means apply it, you will no longer have a divided mind. That means worry will have been replaced by stability.

        Christianity is not just a religious experience. It is additionally a system of interpreting the events in an unreligious world. 

         Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

        He has provided the potential of peace while warning of the certainty of tribulation. Therefore, don’t live in denial, expect it.

        We tend to be shocked when everything doesn’t go our way. It appears many seem to think that salvation is supposed to immunize them from adversity and exempt them from problems. Jesus made it quite clearly “you will have tribulation.” 

        The word rendered “tribulation” literally means “pressure.”

        The text notes that we Christians actually live in two spheres. One is “in Christ.” The other is “in the world.”

        To live “in Christ” means to establish a lifestyle based on His teachings. They are summarily spoken of as “These things I have spoken to you.”        

        To live “in the world” means to encounter the opposition afforded by a world order, not under His will. This world order puts pressure on Christians to try and squeeze them out.

        Jesus offers His follower’s a “faith dome” which is a defense against worry. In faith ask for His resolution of any issue that might attack you with the warhead of worry.