Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.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 not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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… will we drink? What will we wear? These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers. But your heavenly father knows all your needs. This is the big verse. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. Wow. Point number one, if you're taking notes, the believer should not worry. The believer should not worry. Jesus was not saying a Christian should not think about or be concerned with the needs of their life, including housing, food, and clothing. Because the fact is, elsewhere in Scripture, we're told to plan for the future. We're told to work hard. We're told to save our money. Jesus is saying, don't worry about these things. Don't worry, he says in verse 25, about everyday life. A better translation would be, stop having anxiety about this. It's one thing to think about it. It's another thing to have constant anxiety about it. Listen, worry is not a virtue. …
… conclude today. Matthew chapter six, go there in your cell phone. Okay. Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body. What you will wear is not life more than food and the body more than clothes. Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you, by worrying, add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon, straight out of Zara in all of 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 the fire, will he not much more clothe you of little faith? …
… Jesus says, so don't worry about tomorrow, Matthew chapter six, verse 34. Don't worry about the future for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. Don't worry about the future. When James talks about the future, this is what he says, James 4, 13. Now, listen, you who say, I'm gonna plan my future. You say today or tomorrow, we'll do this, go to this city, that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money. He says, why, you don't even know what will happen tomorrow. Tomorrow's not even a guarantee. He asks, what is your life? You're a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead of saying, I'm going to do this and this is what my future is going to look like. Instead, you ought to say, if it's the Lord's will, we'll live and do this or that. When we're looking at God's will, he's not trying to get you to figure out the future. …
… Don't time travel. Jesus said clearly in Matthew 6, verse 34, do not worry about tomorrow. Time travel. For tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. So am I tired because of my to-do list or am I tired because of my tomorrow list? Remember the first time I went to Australia to preach? I was so jet-lagged, because when you go to Australia, it's like a 14-hour time difference. You cross over the international dateline, so you are literally in tomorrow. Your body comes from yesterday into tomorrow. That's what happens. Nobody told me how bad the jet lag was, so I flew in the same day I had to preach the first session. This is my first time preaching on the continent. I'm just landing, and back home it's like 7 p.m., and in Australia it's 9 a.m. So I figured I'd freak the kids out. Holly was putting them to bed, and I FaceTimed. I opened the blinds, and the sun was, of course, shining brightly because it's 9 a.m. in Australia. …
… But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 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. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. I want to speak to you today on this subject, the incredible power of proper priorities. The incredible power of proper priorities. Our Lord here is speaking about priorities. He's telling us what to put first. And he says, seek ye first the kingdom of God. Now if ever, ever a message were needed, this one is in this generation, in this day, in this age, and in this place. Ours is a nation and ours is a city of vanishing values and therefore pathetic priorities. You see, listen, values determine priorities and priorities always determine success or failure. Values determine priorities and priorities always determine success or failure. We are a generation of misplaced priorities. …
… THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. 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. NOW, WORRY IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE IGNORANT WORRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ENOUGH. THE SMART WORRY BECAUSE THEY KNOW TOO MUCH. THE, THE RICH WORRY BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE AFRAID OF LOSING WHAT THEY HAVE. AND THE POOR WORRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THE OLD WORRY BECAUSE, HA, HA, HA, THEY'RE FACING DEATH AND THE YOUNG WORRY BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. BACK TO THE OLD, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WE USED TO WORRY THAT WE WERE GETTING OLDER AND WHEN WE GET OLD WE WORRY THAT WE WON'T GET OLDER. AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO WORRY. AND, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO WE ARE AND WHAT CATEGORY WE ARE, WE CAN FIND SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOW WHEN OUR LORD SAYS, TAKE NO THOUGHT, THE WORD FOR THOUGHT THERE IS A WORD THAT, UH, MAYBE TRANSLATED WORRY. IT'S A ROOT WORD WHICH MEANS TO DIVIDE. THAT IS, WORRY DIVIDES OUR MINDS. IT IS A DISTRACTING THING. IT IS A DIVIDING THING. AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE APOSTLE JAMES SAID IN JAMES CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 8, THAT A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL OF HIS WAYS AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE DESTABILIZING THAN WORRY. NOW, WHEN OUR LORD SAYS, TAKE NO THOUGHT, HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT PLANNING AHEAD. HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT HAVING A FLIPPANT …