Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life | Luke 12

Luke 12:22-23 (ESV) And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Our main kingdom principle for the morning is taken right from these verses. Do not be anxious about your life is Jesus’ command to us this morning.  Then Jesus explains the kinds of things that we are tempted to be anxious about. The things Jesus mentions are food and clothing, the essentials of life.

We might question Jesus here. Jesus are you really telling me that I shouldn’t worry about not having enough food to eat? Jesus’ answer would be, that’s exactly what I tell you to do. Why? Because food and clothing should not be your priority in life. Next Jesus tells us why the necessities of life should not be our priorities.

Luke 12:24 (ESV) Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

The birds do not plant crops and harvest them for food as people do. They simply eat the food that God provides for them. Jesus concludes by saying that people are of much more value than birds. So, if God feeds the birds, then He will much more feed you.

Luke 12:27-28 (ESV) Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

Next, we are to consider the lilies of the field with their beautiful flowers. The lilies do nothing to create their beauty, they just live and God clothes them. If God makes these transient wild flowers so beautiful, surely he will provide clothing for you. In this passage, Jesus is speaking to his disciples, who were prone to worry.

He calls his disciples as men of little faith. Worry is caused by little faith, not trusting in God to care for you. People of great faith do not worry. Do you think that Jesus worried? Absolutely not. And so we should grow to be more like Jesus, worry-free and full of faith.

Luke 12:29-30 (ESV) And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Now we concludes this section of his teaching. He tells us that we as believers are not to seek after meter our physical needs, which leads to worry. Jesus says that that’s what all the unbelievers of the world do. As believers, we are different,

We are God’s children and have a Father in heaven who knows what we need in life. And if our Father knows our needs and we ask in faith for them, what will happen? Jesus will give us the answer as we continue in this passage. We simply must obey Jesus’ command, do not be anxious about your life.

Now, the temptation this morning on hearing Jesus’ teaching is to think, that’s just not possible. I feel that I can’t stop worrying. Everyone around me worries. But everything that Jesus commands us to do, we can do with his help. Yes, Jesus just told just told us that all the unbelievers, both those who identify as Christians and those who don’t, worry. You can eliminate worry if you get your priorities right in life and you have faith.

If you’re struggling with worry in your life, that is a red flag. A red flag that something is wrong with your spiritual life. You are thinking like an unbeliever, seeking after the physical things of this life. God desires for you to be full of joy, not full of worry. Ask God to help you to not be anxious about your life. Rather to …

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