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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We worry. Some are more relaxed about it, but deep inside we all worry. It might be health and appearances – what are they going to think about me? Or finances and things – how am I going to be able to get (fill in the blank)? And once we’ve got it – how am I going to keep (fill in the blank)? Or something we did in the past – how’s that going to bite me in the future? Whether we admit it or not, we’re all worriers.
Even the great Bible Hall of Famer Abraham worried! So, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Abraham worried that maybe God won’t fulfill His promise to make a great nation from him and his wife Sarah. “O Lord God, what will You give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” (Genesis 15:2) But God, faithful to His promises, has Abraham look to the heavens He created. “Count the stars if you can,” He says, “‘So shall your offspring be.’ And he believed the Lord.” (Genesis 15:5-6) And the writer of Hebrews affirms Abraham’s faith, “Therefore from one man … were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven …” (Hebrews 11:12) just as God had promised.
God, the creator of all things seen and unseen, not from visible materials but from His word and word alone, (Hebrews 11:3) encourages us, “Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.” (Luke 12:22) If He feeds the birds and clothes the fields, things which God has placed under our stewardship and dominion … how much more will be care for us both now in this life and even more in the life to come? Remember always, He sent His own Son into His creation to ensure that He can “give you the kingdom” and all that it has. So, don’t worry, God’s got you covered. Trust Him. Have faith in Him … now and for eternity.
In Christ’s Love,
Pastor Jim