Luke 12:22-31
"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. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 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! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? 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. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown in in to the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not set your on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well."
Reflection
We sometimes worry about things we can do nothing about. We know it will do no good but we do it anyway. It is as if we are addicted to worry and that it actually makes us feel some sory of "sick" comfort to be able to worry about the uncontrollable issues of our lives. Jesus says that if we are to follow him we won't have time to worry. We need to focus on establishing the kingdom that Jesus came to announce. That is what we need to spend our time on, not worrying. Worrying is something we have to give up if we are going to be faithful disciples of Jesus. We should ask ourselves what worries us the most? Can we give that up? We must be willing to give "whatever" in order to follow Jesus even if that means we should turn our worries over to Jesus.
