Tuesday 9 April 2013

What's The Point In Worrying?

I've just been watching 'Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in One Day' which is a fascinating insight into the daily life of the NHS from all sorts of different perspectives.
 
One elderly man had gone into one hospital for a cataract operation.  When his wife was asked how she was feeling about his operation, she said, "I'm not worrying.  I mean, what's the point?"
 
What's the point?
 
Well said!
 
She followed this by saying, "I mean, you die if you worry, you die if you don't."
 
Worry doesn't change a thing.
 
Jesus asked,
 
"Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
[Matthew 6:27 NIV]
 
 
Often we can think that if we worry about something, we will somehow prevent it from happening.  But do we really believe this?  Do we really believe that our worry-power can change circumstances outside of our control?
 
Worrying strips us of our peace of mind. It wears us out and eats away at us. Worry is never satisfied.
 
I think sometimes we quite enjoy worrying, because in a strange way, it makes us feel in control.  It helps us to get a grip - or feel as though we have got a grip - on something that is out of control.
 
The opposite of worry is trust.
 
Jesus continued,
 
"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.  God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."
[Matthew 6:33-34 MSG]
 
We can choose to trust that God will help us, whatever happens.  Or we can choose to worry.
 
But what's the point?
 
 
 
 
 
 

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