Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Don't Be Anxious . . . Worship

We live in a world full of anxiety and unfortunately, sometimes we can't tell the difference between a believer and a non-believer when it comes to anxiety and worry.  If we are believers in Jesus Christ who fulfill His purpose in us, then we should worship, not worry.
Beginning in verse 25 of Matthew 6, we are challenged to not worry about or give thought to the needs of our lives and are assured that God will take care of it all.  He says rather than our worrying about all these things, we are to, "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
This means we have to fully trust Him, put our confidence in Him, give glory to Him because He is calling us to rest in Him---in all essence worship Him and the truths of His righteousness and we will have no worries, only worship.  
Are you anxious about things, or tomorrow?  Worship.  Every time we gather as the body to worship, we are reminding one another that He is trustworthy, that He is sovereign, that He is worthy of our worship.  We gather, trusting in Him and seeking His righteousness in obedience.  Proclaiming our trust and obedience pretty well sums up our worship of Him.  mjm