Matthew 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. I. REASONS AGAINST ANXIETY. 1. Anxiety is a part of indecision of character and partakes of its harmfulness. "No man can serve two masters." 2. An argument from the greater to the less; God takes care of fowls, He will of men. 3. The impossibilities in the case — "Which of you," etc. 4. The analogies of nature — "Consider the lilies," etc. 5. It puts the Christian to shame by showing that he is anxious like the heathen. 6. The character of God — "Your heavenly Father," etc. 7. The folly of the thing. II. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SIN" of anxiety. 1. It makes you unhappy, which is matter for blame rather than pity. 2. It is a positive wrong done to God; it distrusts him. 3. Do not speak of your anxieties as something for which you are to be commiserated. 4. Never place yourself willingly in a position of worldly anxiety; it is a great hindrance to spiritual life. (A. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. |
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