Don't Worry About It

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Jesus concludes his sermon by repeating my mantra of old “Don’t worry about it” If we do what he has taught us, and we act in the patterns that he has set we really don’t need to let worry pollute our vision and destiny.

The first principle is to be honest and generous. If people trust you they will follow you.

He taught us that the words we use really matter. Use kind and sincere words. Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

Then he laid out the pattern we should follow as we live in the Lords Prayer.

Treat others with respect, in doing so you will increase your influence. Live a life of integrity and honesty. Set worthwhile goals and work towards them. Recognize human weakness forgiving and seeking forgiveness. All actions have consequences.

Go forward and just try your best. If you follow the patterns he set you will be clothed with beauty and glory as he has dressed his lilies of his field.

Follow the principles of the Sermon on the Mount and you will rise to amazing heights.

©tom jenson communications llc. 2015