Food for Thought

Tonight as I was reading my devotional book (At His Feet by Chris Tiegreen), I was not overly enthused at the prospect of the title, "Surrendering Worry." Yet another one page quip about how we are to give all our worries to God, because as Luke 12:22-34 says, God even cares about the lilies in the field and the ravens in the sky, yadda yadda yadda. Well, that was what I had thought it would be about. Verses 32 and the first part of 33 caught my eye as I, for some reason must have missed them in all the other times I have either listened to sermons on worrying or read other devotionals.

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, for where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

I'm going to quote what my devo book has to say about the matter:
"Our problem with worry is a heart issue. It's all about whether we are surrendered to God. Do we really trust Him to take care of us? Do we believe that He will lead us in His will and that His will is always good? Do we really value His plan, even when His plan leads us through difficult circumstances? If the answer is 'yes' to all of these, then we have perhaps recognized Jesus as Lord in the way that He desires...If we are worried and anxious, we don't really accept His lordship, do we? If we have really submitted to Him, we trust Him to handle our lives. They are in His hands, and whatever He chooses to do with them is all right with us, even if His will is difficult. The path is His, the means to live it are His, and the outcomes are His. This is what surrender is all about. And if we're really surrendered, we're not worried about it."
"Are you in a difficult place? You have a choice: You can trust that it's either God's difficult place (or a place from which He will soon provide deliverance); or you can wonder if He's lost His grip on your life and let you wander too far out of His will. The only issue is what your heart chooses to believe about God." ~Chris Tiegreen