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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
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PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
INTRODUCTION
Paul had just said that “the Lord is at hand,” Php 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men.
The
Lord is at hand.
He could have been referring to the return of Jesus, which is an encouragement to us
But in context it seems likely that Paul has in mind the immediate presence of God
For Christians to follow and experience what Paul is going to tell us requires God’s presence
We must have full confidence in the presence of the Lord to experience what Paul is telling us
The Lord must be near to hear us and provide for us what Paul tells us the Lord will do
What Paul is going to command us to do cannot be fulfilled apart from the Lord’s presence:
Don’t worry about one thing
Pray about everything
Be thankful for anything
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known unto God.
“Be careful” does not have the meaning of our English definition today
First-of all it is a command, not an option, it must be put into practice, and it must be now
It also is telling us to stop doing something, something that was already going on
Something that is going full force in our society today, Paul says, “don’t worry”
Paul says stop worrying now, stop being anxious about anything, quit being troubled in mind
Worry is one of man’s worst enemies, worry is an anxious, troubled, uneasy state of mind
The Greek word means, to divide, to cut into pieces, to be pulled in different directions
In classical Greek the word described a person being raised up or suspended in air
Worry describes a person who feels totally out of control because of things out of their control
Most worry is about things that can’ be changed, such as the past, yesterday’s problems
Or things of the present that can’t be controlled by us
Or things in the future that might or might not happen, which is also out of our control
Worry is fear, especially fear of the future, fear of what is going to happen
Worry happens when you are so concerned about the things or events of life
When you are so concerned about them that you can think of nothing else
Which leads to a neglect of the “Lord’s Work,” the daily ministry of a Christian
Consider some comments concerning worry:
It is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it won” get you anywhere
It is an indication that we think God cannot look after us or that He is not there for us
It is putting question marks where God has put a period
Compare it to greed, greed can never get enough, something that Christians should avoid
Worry is the fear of not having enough, something that Christians should avoid
Worry is when our hopes pull us in one direction and fear pulls us in the opposite direction
So, we are pulled apart, worry will tear you apart mentally, physically, and spiritually
It is when your mind is overcome, and you can’t eat right, sleep right, think right, or act right
When your mind is thinking wrong, and your heart doesn’t feel right
Worry will steal away your heart of joy and peace of mind
Worry cannot change the past or control the future, but it will make you miserable today
When you worry you don’t think right, you don’t feel right, and you don’t act right
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If you are worried abut something you could do something about, do it and quit worrying
If you are worried about something you can’t do anything about, worry will not work it out
Worry will pull you in different directions, what we want will pull us in one direction
What we don’t want will pull us in another direction, what we don’t know in another direction
Worry is the failure to trust God, trusting God is the victory over worry
You worry because you are not accepting the promises of God found in His Word
“The Lord is at hand,” the Lord is my helper, Heb 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Psa 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
In His sermon on the mount, Jesus taught us not to worry, Jesus used the same word Paul does
Paul said, “be careful,” Jesus said, “take no thought,” Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought (don’t worry) 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?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought (worrying) can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought (worry) for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, (don’t worry) saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Worry is useless when you worry you are not trusting God, He knows your needs, Mat 6:32 (For after all
these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.
Jesus tells us what to do instead of worrying, Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Trust Jesus day by day, day after day, Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
“Be careful for nothing,” don’t worry about one thing, “nothing” removes all worry from us
Worry about “nothing,” pray about everything
BUT IN EVERY THING BY PRAYER
Paul gives us a prescription for worry, it will cure worry
It probably is not what the doctor ordered, but it is what God commands us to do
The emphasis is the priority of prayer, you can either pray or worry, it’s your choice
Be sure you are praying, prayer cannot be a generic, it must be the original, the real NT praying
When you pray know who you are, you are a child of God, Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Remember that God loves you and desires the best for you
Know who you are talking too, you are talking to your Father, Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
God is your Father, and He knows what is best for you
Know where you are, you are in the throne room of God’s grace, Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Know that you are in the presence of God, you have approached the throne of glory
You have entered-into a time of worship and devotion, come with reverence and adoration
You are in the presence of the One who has the power to do anything for you
That is why we are to pray about “everything,” that covers it all, nothing is left out
Look at the comparison, don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything
Don’t worry about your physical health, your financial wealth, your daily problems of life
Pray about them, turn them over to the Lord, Psa 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall
sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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