Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Jesus. Matthew 6:25. Hi, it’s Nathan, and this is Day 16 of 30 Days on the Mount of Blessing, PT 2.
Worry is how we prove what matters most to us. Our anxiety levels have a direct correlation to what we value the most. As Jesus works to break the power of money, things, etc. in our lives, he speaks directly about our drive for survival. Jesus is not advocating carelessness about life, dress, diet, etc. but he is advocating some de-prioritizing. That is, STOP valuing those things so much. Why? Because life is more than what we eat. Sure, good food is incredibly satisfying—yet life is so much more than just having a good meal, even a meal, period. When our concerns about life are wrapped up in survival or wants or some other pursuit, we end up losing our focus on what really counts. We were made for more, so much more than surviving and Jesus longs for us to discover and embrace our real destiny.
