Who Do You Trust? by Jennifer Tiszai

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
  
“And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is {alive} today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” Matthew 6:25-32 (NASB)

How much time do you spend worrying about your food, clothing, and other needs? Personally, I am a “recovering worry wart.” I say “recovering” because it is always an issue I struggle with. But one day I came to the conclusion that if the Bible said, “Don’t worry” and I was worrying, that I was wrong. Boy, did that bring me up short. I always thought that I was “examining” things, turning them over in my mind until I came up with a solution. I realized that I liked to worry because it gave me a sense of control. At least I was doing something.

But some things have no earthly solution. We can turn it over in our minds all we’d like and find no solution. But God isn’t limited to our practical solutions. I remember turning to this passage during a particularly difficult financial time for us. My husband hadn’t received a paycheck in three months, and we had no idea how we were going to buy groceries and put gas in the car, let alone pay the bills. I remember looking at this passage and wondering how God was going to take care of us when I didn’t see any money in our checking account.

What I was forgetting was that God is not limited to working within the realm of what we think is possible. He is God, and if He wanted to zap money into our checking account He could have. Instead He used people from the church to provide us with meals and grocery store gift certificates. He used our insurance company, which sent us a rebate for almost two hundred dollars. And in many other small ways He provided for our needs. He didn’t send us the money all at once, so I would feel safe and secure based on what was in our checking account. He gave us the money just as we needed it so we would trust in Him.

Is there a situation in your life that you are worrying about and need to turn over to God? Remember how much He loves you. You are His precious child. Think about all of the times He has provided for you in the past and know that He will do it again. Then sit back and enjoy seeing how God is going to meet your needs in some wonderfully unexpected ways.