Do Not Be Anxious
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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?
A recent conversation with my accountability partner concerning the amount of bible reading I do ended with me saying “I cannot live without it.” Many others would disagree and I will not argue the point.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
At the time I answered my dear partner I did not think about the words used by Jesus to answer Satan. It would have been a better answer but my thoughts were not of how Jesus might have answered. I was answering out of my own concerns.
My thoughts of late have returned to my Vietnam tour of duty. When my life was at risk 24-7 for a year at the age of 19, what concerned me narrowed down to just one basic issue. “How do I make it through today?”
One lesson learned early was important. Fear makes you stupid. It is not anxiety because anxiety pales in comparison to real fear. Anxiety is a product of the mind derived from perceived loss. Fear deals directly with the reality of impending death.
I do not fear death any longer. I know where I am going. When I was 19 I did not.
John 14:6 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. Now I live with Jesus. Life with Him does not start when we are gathered, it begins the moment we are born again.
I still get anxious but my concerns no longer deal with food, drink or clothing, but rather if my love matters.