Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Luke 12:25-26

[25] And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? [26] If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

If I could live my life over again and change one thing, it would be to fully trust in the Lord and not be a worrier. What you read below is true; I have lived this. Lord, in the time we have left on this earth, help us to run the race before us, sprinting to the finish line with worry left far behind.

“Kierkegaard said, “No Grand Inquisitor has in readiness such terrible tortures as anxiety.”

Worriers feel every blow

That never falls

And they cry over things

They will never lose.

Only we, his children, can call him Father because we bear his image (cf. Genesis 1:26, 27). And because of this, we are more mysterious and complex than anything the Hubble telescope will ever see. We are even more enduring than any young star. And if we know him, we have double paternity. He is our Father-Creator and our Father-Regenerator. So why should we ever worry? Worry insults God and defies reality.

Worriers fear, worriers suffer, worriers wither and twist and die. Worry takes a terrible toll, and we see it every day—the stammer in midsentence, the distractedness, the missed appointment, the wasted hour in front of the television, the second pack of cigarettes. Worry is not a moral virtue in a disciple of Christ. Worry is not something to be proud of. It is a desiccator, a shriveler.” - Preaching the Word Commentary