Don’t borrow from tomorrow’s troubles. To be sure, tomorrow is filled with troubles. Tomorrow is filled with suffering.  Tomorrow is filled with sorrow. But God has given you what you need for this day’s troubles. He’s given us enough grace for today.

Are you still worried today? Jesus cares about your worries. Our Savior warns against worry on multiple occasions, with one example being Matthew 6:25–34 in his Sermon on the Mount. His message is clear: trust God because He is sovereign over your life, and because he cares for his children. These two simple reasons are enough ammunition for us to win the war on worry. Having previously considered Jesus’s sovereignty over our lives, we now turn to his care for his children.

One reason would have been enough. If Jesus had only given one reason to trust God and stop worrying, that would be enough. After all, he is King of kings and Lord of lords and is worthy of our complete submission and obedience. Yet with all the other passages throughout the Bible that address worry notwithstanding, here in one passage Jesus graciously gives us a second reason to stop worrying and start trusting God.

He Cares for His Own

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. (Matt 6:31–32)

Jesus restates in verse 31 the principle he has already given: Do not be anxious. It’s as if Jesus envisions his disciples waking up each morning frantically asking, “What will we eat today? What will we drink today? What will we wear today?” Jesus’s counsel is to stop worrying and start trusting. As his children, we trust God because of our relationship with him. Did you notice in verse 32 how lost people don’t trust God because they do not know God? Jesus points out that Gentiles eagerly seek after, they race after these temporary needs because they don’t actually know God. When we worry like the world worries, we deny that we have a heavenly Father who cares for us. We don’t look like the kingdom citizens Jesus has made us to be. Instead we look like earthly citizens; even worse, we look like pagans who do not trust our King to provide for us.

Jesus reminds us of the contrast, saying, “But your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” We insult our heavenly Father every day by acting like he doesn’t know our needs, and by acting as if he doesn’t care. Parents, imagine your toddler coming to you, saying, “I don’t trust you. I don’t believe you love me. I don’t believe you will take care of me.”

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