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HOW TO OVERCOME WORRY          \\ Luke 12:22-34 \\ \\ INTRODUCTION \\ God forbids worry.
Jesus our Lord echoed the attitude of God again and again.
The Lord Jesus said to His \\ disciples, and to us, "Take no thought"!
The Old English might mislead us in our day.
The word literally means to \\ be worried or anxious.
Literally our Lord commanded, "Stop being worried", or "Stop being anxious".
Jesus \\ specifically addressed these words to His disciples.
The life He wants us to live is to be free from the cares that \\ characterizes the world about us.
\\ \\ As usual Our Lord gives us alternatives to worry.
In our text there are at least four things we can do in seeking to \\ overcome worry in our lives.
Since anxiety has been demonstrated to be a major problem in our day, and there is \\ little evidence that Christians have less of it than others, it is time we gave serious consideration to these words \\ of our Lord.
\\ \\ I.  REMEMBER WHO WE ARE \\ Listen to our Lord as He reasons with us.
"Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall \\ eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment."
\\ When anyone gives undue concern to the physical necessities of life, they have forgotten who they are.
They \\ give evi¬dence that would indicate that they think themselves to be strictly a physical being.
They have forgotten \\ that they are a special creation \\ of God, indeed, the highest creation of God.
They are the handiwork of the all wise Creator.
They are not just a \\ stomach in need of physical food, or a body in need of clothing and shelter.
If you are one of those being \\ consumed by anxiety, just ask yourself the question, "Who am I?" \\ \\ Jesus goes further by pointing to nature.
"Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have \\ storehouse nor barn: and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?” \\ \\ “Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory \\ was not arrayed like one of these."
"If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is \\ cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?"
The raven was considered an unclean \\ bird, surely not a creature of great beauty, but the Creator God of the universe makes sure that it is fed even \\ though it does not labor or store like man.
The flowers of the field dazzle with beauty.
They are clothed in color \\ and beauty that man can only imitate, but they do not toil or spin.
If God meets the needs of these lower forms of \\ creation, will he not see that the needs of His highest creation, man, is met.
\\ \\ We need to remember who we are.
When you feel the pangs of anxiety gripping you, it would be helpful just to \\ pause and reflect, "I am somebody.
God created men.
He looks after the rest of his creation faithfully, and He will \\ look after me."
This is the place that you begin in overcoming anxiety.
\\ \\ II.
REALIZE THE FUTILITY OF WORRY \\ In the midst of reminding us that we are somebody special, Jesus re¬minds us that worry is useless and futile.
\\ "And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do that thing \\ which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?" \\ \\ Actually modern medical findings have told us that anxiety is not only futile, it is destructive.
It is destructive to our \\ lives and health.
It could well be written on more than one tombstone, "Slain by worry."
It is a source of high blood \\ pressure, stomach disorders of various kinds, heart disease, and probably even cancer, the dreaded killer.
Dr. S. \\ I. McMillen has pointed out the harmful effect of worry and anger on the entire system.
He makes the observation \\ that the lion is equipped with a very large and active adrenal gland.
The lion lives about thirty years.
The \\ crocodile has an adrenal gland about the size of a pea.
The crocodile has a life span of 300 years.
Some of you \\ are slowly destroying your lives by the worry and anxiety which you have cultivated.
\\ \\ Worry is absolutely useless.
Jesus points out that worry cannot change anything that needs to be changed.
\\ Scholars are not agreed about the meaning of the statement that Jesus made.
Some understand him to be \\ saying that by worry man cannot lengthen his life even a small span.
This is obviously true.
In fact, worry will have \\ the opposite effect of shortening your life.
Others take the words to mean that Jesus is saying that worry cannot \\ add a cubit to your height.
A cubit is about eighteen inches.
This would be obviously true.
How¬ever, it may be \\ true that worry can add eighteen inches to your waist line.
It has for some who compensate for their anxiety by \\ eating.
The point our Lord is making is clear whichever interpretation we give to His words.
Worry changes \\ nothing for good.
It is a totally negative force in your life.
\\ \\ The step we need to take in overcoming worry is to realize that it is futile.
Just a little thoughtful reflection on what \\ worry is doing in your life should be a good step toward overcoming it.
Are you ready for another step?
\\ \\ III.
REMEMBER WHO GOD IS. \\ Someone said it pointedly, "Worry slanders God." Jesus said it like this, "If then God so clothe the grass, which is \\ to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?''
\\ Worry is a fail¬ure to really believe in the provisions and care of the Lord.
The Creator God has committed \\ Himself to provide for the basic needs of our lives.
Worry says, ''God does ¬not care and will not help me.
I am \\ totally on my own.''
\\ \\ Jesus added, ''And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind, for all \\ these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.''
\\ We are surely to react to the pressures of life differently since we know the one true and living God.
What do we \\ know about God that would help us to overcome worry?
\\ \\ We need to recognize that God is omniscient.
This is a big word that means that God knows all things.
He knows \\ all that can be known about us.
Jesus affirmed that ''Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.''
\\ You must recognize that He does know exactly what you need today.
He not only knows that you need a new pair \\ of shoes, he knows that you wear a size 8.
He not only knows that you need food, He knows that chicken is your \\ favorite food and that you really like chocolate ice cream for dessert.
He knows!
\\ \\ We need to recognize that God is omnipotent.
This is the big word that means that God can do all things.
He can \\ feed every raven and clothe every flower.
He is big enough and resourceful enough to create and sustain a \\ world.
Surely it will not tax his ability to meet whatever need you may have.
\\ \\ We need to recognize that God is generous.
It is with purpose that Jesus refers to him as ''your Father.''
We can \\ expect help from him because He is our Father.
He knows the generosity that a loving Father has for his children.
\\ He points to the ample way in which He provides in nature to encourage us to believe that He is generous.
\\ \\ When we are worrying, we have forgotten who He is and the kind of person that He is.
You may have heard the \\ lines written by Elizabeth Cheney: \\ Said the robin to the sparrow, ''I should really like to know \\ Why these anxious human beings rush about and worry so!'' \\ Said the sparrow to the robin, ''Friend, I think that it must be \\ That they have no heavenly Father, such as cares for you and me.''
\\ \\ IV.
REVISE OUR PRIORITIES \\ Worry is a sure sign of a misplaced priority for the Christian.
Jesus reminds us that it is a sure sign that we have \\ the same priority as the unsaved world about us.
The ''nations of the world seek after'' something to eat, and \\ something to drink.
They are more concerned with the material and the physical than anything else.
Jesus \\ suggests a better priority for the Christian, ''But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be \\ added unto you.''
\\ \\ The kingdom of God is the dynamic rule of God.
It is to be the first priority of our lives to be under the rule of \\ God.
If we will make this first, then the other things in life will fall into place.
\\ \\ We can seek the rule of God with confidence.
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