Worry Free Living

Scripture Text

Matt. 6: 24- 34

Intro: Who is the greatest preacher you have ever heard? Jesus, the greatest preacher that has ever been on this earth, is going to preach to us and we would be wise to listen and heed His words. If we heed Jesus’ words, we will surely be victorious in this life!

Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

There are only two treasures: the earth and its treasures or God and His treasures, physical and material things or spiritual and eternal things. One of these is the master-owner of your life. A Slave has no free time of his own,but is controlled by the master.

Mammon- Aramaic for Money, wealth or any material thing that has value to a person. This means property, possessions, money, stocks, bonds, precious metals or jewels. You can’t serve yourself with things and God at the same time! The wealth or the things of this world will never bring you real joy, peace, or fulfillment. That only comes from within!

Matthew 6:25 (NKJV) "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?

The point is clear and striking: a person's life and body are of more value—much more value—than the food he eats and the clothes he puts on. Why then should a person allow these things, secondary things, to consume and dominate his life? Be sure God is your master and you won’t have to worry about anything else. Remember Your master owns you! Matthew 6:26 (NKJV) Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Go bird watching! Look at them and study them. Use your eyes and learn thoroughly—learn from what you see around you. The providence of God takes care of the birds. Learn that God will likewise take care of the believer who really trusts Him. Jesus is saying; Man is a higher being, on a much higher level of creation, than animals. He is more noble and excellent, a spiritual being made in the image of God and capable of a personal relationship with God. Man is the crowning creation of God.

Matthew 6:27 (NKJV) Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

The point is striking. Worry is sin, senseless—just as senseless as trying to add to one's height or lengthen a minute to one's life span (when it is time for one to die).

Matthew 6:28 (NKJV) So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

Lilies grow from a deep root. The roots are where they belong, deep in the soil to receive nourishment. The roots of believers are not to be in the material things of this earth. In order to receive their nourishment and fulfill their purpose on earth, believers are to put their roots where they belong, deep in God and His righteousness.

Matthew 6:29 (NKJV) and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Lilies do not toil or spin at spinning wheels to adorn themselves with beauty. Their beauty comes naturally as they go about their purpose in the world. So our beauty comes from fulfilling God’s purpose for us in this world.

Matthew 6:30 (NKJV) Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Man is as the lilies of the field: here today and gone tomorrow. There is so little time; he does not have time to become entangled with worldly affairs. To worry about your clothes, food, money and things shows little faith in God’s ability to supply. Is He in control of all things? Is He able to take care of us? “Is God really who He says He is and will He do what He said He would do?

Heb. 11:6 Says “Without faith it is impossible to please God.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) For we walk by faith, not by sight. Feed your faith and fear, worry, and doubt will starve to death. Matthew 6:31-32 (NKJV) Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

All unsaved people seek after these things. They worry constantly about them. Christians Do not spend energy fretting over having enough food or drink or clothing. Worry has no place in the lives of Jesus’ disciples because their heavenly Father already knows all their needs.

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Jesus now tells us the solution to worry. We must be seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. We are to focus our minds and hearts on seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. The kingdom of God right now is in believers on earth. We should be focused on how much of the kingdom of God is being lived in me. I am to be concerned about living righteously. Strangely enough, when you get your priorities right, Jesus promised that God will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him. When Jesus’ followers seek (go in search of) his Kingdom first, God takes care of all their needs. That’s His promise to us and by faith we receive it.

Matthew 6:34 (NKJV) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Because God cares for his people’s needs, Jesus says, “Don’t worry (fear, or be anxious) about tomorrow.” In an appeal to common sense, Jesus explained that what we worry about happening tomorrow may never happen, and we may not live another day, so we will have wasted time and energy worrying. We need to reserve that energy because today’s trouble is enough for today. We only add to today’s burdens when we worry about the future. All the anxieties about tomorrow will not change the outcome, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. The burdens of today are enough, so let God take care of them. We must trust God for today without worrying about tomorrow. Tomorrow we will trust God for that day. We are to have A calm God-centered and trusting attitude. A person goes about living and working ever so diligently and calmly, trusting God to take care of all. He does all he can about the necessities of life, both for himself and for others, but he seeks God and His righteousness first. This will make for the greatest year yet.

Invitation: If you have never asked Jesus to forgive your sins against God, all you can do is worry. Only the forgiveness of Christ can give you a worry free life here on this earth and for an eternity. The destination for the unsaved is Hell. You do not want to go there and you don’t have to. Call on Jesus right now to save you and if you are serious about it, He will save you and come into your life by His Spirit and live in you. He will bring you worry free living.