Releasing Worry
Bible reading: Matthew 6:25 – 34 Step 3: we made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1) Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control. “Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8) It is often of worries about the small details of life that lead to our undoing. Life’s daily demands can be overwhelming. Perhaps, our “acting out” is a way of escaping. When we are sober, we are once again faced with the pressures of life. Learning to manage these in a new way is a key to maintaining our sobriety. Jesus said, “Don’t worry about things – food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body – and they are far more important than what you eat and what to wear. Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat… Your heavenly father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are. Will all your worries add a single moment to your life? “Why worry about your clothes? Look at the field lilies! They don’t worry about theirs… And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you?… “So don’t worry at all about having enough food and clothing… Your heavenly father already knows perfectly well that you need them, and he will give them to you if you give him the 1st place in your life and live as he wants you to. And don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time” (Matthew 6:25 – 34). Since God cares deeply for us, we can choose to live one day at a time and turn the details of our life over to him. It does no good to worry about the past, because you can’t change it. And why worry about the future, because it may never come? Resolve to be sober from your addiction just for today. God calls us to live one day at a time.
