Today's encouragement comes from Luke 12:22a, where we read this:
“And [Jesus] said to his disciples, 'Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life . . . ’ " (ESV)In this context, the reason (the “therefore”), we are not to be “anxious” about our “life,” is the fact that our “treasure” and “riches” are in God, through Christ (see v. 21). Those whose hope is in anything (or anyone) other than Jesus, are inevitably enslaved to a life of anxiety.
Anxiety is inherent in all things not connected to Christ; peace is tied to every-thing that is united to Him. Do we wish to be free of anxiety? Then, let us cling to and sincerely love Jesus our Messiah.
[Augustine quote of the day: “Some of our fellow Christians are astonished to learn that Plato had such ideas about God and to realize how close they are to the truths of our faith.” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 8.]
[Augustine quote of the day: “Some of our fellow Christians are astonished to learn that Plato had such ideas about God and to realize how close they are to the truths of our faith.” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 8.]
