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Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.
And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifea?
26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the lilies grow.
They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.
Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Last week, we heard a powerful message on forgiveness from Dan Mannion.
Dan took us to the other side of the Sea of Galilee and we looked at the man of tombs.
Thank you, Dan!
This week we come back to our good friend and Gospel writer, Dr. Luke.
Over the past few years, we have been slowly walking with Dr. Luke through the Gospel of Luke.
The overall title of this sermon series is “Living With Luke.”
The church year is filled with programming: we do FALL programming, then that flows into Advent and Christmas followed by the New Year.
After that, we do seven weeks of Lent and Easter and then another seven weeks of Pentecost.
Finally, it’s summer!
Summertime is a time when pastors can breathe and try to relax.
A few years ago, I felt like I was supposed to bring our church through a Gospel—little did I know I was taking on quite a project!
We are only in chapter 12 after two years!
There are 24 chapters in Luke’s Gospel.
We have two more summers of Luke until we finish!
Maybe this week’s message is for me! “Don’t Worry!!!”
Two weeks ago, the message was “Don’t be a Fool.”
Jesus was teaching the crowd that followed him about the rich fool.
The rich fool had built more and more storage barns for all his treasure.
The problem is that he kept everything for himself.
What good is it for us to gain the whole world but lose God in the process?
Jesus now turns to his disciples and gives them a message about worry.
Before we come to the Living Word, let us come to the Living Lord in prayer.
“Lord, God of all creation, You cast the stars into the skies and you know each one by name.
You feed the birds of the air and clothe the earth with all its beauty.
Teach us today how to cast our cares upon you.
May Your Word be alive and redemptive and fill us with life and hope.
Amen”
Luke 12:22-34
Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.
And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the lilies grow.
They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.
Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.[i]
Today’s message is a three-point message.
Three points and poem!
Three Points and poem!
Three points and poem!
That is what my preaching professor used to say over and over and over again.
Today you get three points --- sorry no poem!!!
1.WHAT IS WORRY?
What is worry?
What are the symptoms of worry?
What is the solution for worry?
The English word “worry” comes from the old German word “to strangle or choke.”
That is exactly what worry does, isn’t it?
Worry strangles our lives, it chokes the life out of us.
Listen to how Merriam-Webster defines the verb “worry:”
wor•ried; wor•ry•ing [Middle English worien, from Old English wyrgan; akin to Old High German wurgen to strangle, Lithuanian veržti to constrict] verb transitive before 12th century
1 dialect British: choke, strangle
2 a: to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throat
b: to shake or pull at with the teeth 〈a terrier worrying a rat〉
c: to touch or disturb something repeatedly
d: to change the position of or adjust by repeated pushing or hauling
3 a: to assail with rough or aggressive attack or treatment: torment
b: to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort
4: to afflict with mental distress or agitation: make anxious[ii]
I read an interesting quote in one of my commentaries the other day about worry.
“Worry is a thin stream of fear that trickles through the mind, which, if encouraged, will cut a channel so wide that all other thoughts will be drained out.”[iii]
Have you been to the Grand Canyon?
That one little river cut through and grooved out the GRAND CANYON.
The next time you are prone to worry, think about that!
The Greek word that Jesus used for worry is “μεριμνάω [merimnao /mer·im·nah·o/], and it comes from a root word that means “to be drawn into two different directions.”
Worry draws us in two different directions.
Worry chokes and strangles.
Worry harasses us, pulls at us, assails us, nags us, and afflicts us with mental anguish.
Worry is that thin stream of fear that drains our minds of all other thoughts.
So Who Here Worries?
There was an interesting statistic that came from the Bureau of Standards.
They discovered that if a dense fog covered a seven-city block to a depth of one hundred feet the actual amount of water would be less than an actual glass of a water.
The Bureau of Statistics came up with the statistic of sixty million droplets of water in a seven-city block of fog one hundred feet in depth.
If all seven city blocks of fog were condensed into water, it wouldn't quite fill a drinking glass.
Now think of that for a moment.
Think of it this way, a few gallons of water can cripple an entire city.
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