For so many of us, anxiety is a constant problem. “Let Go and Let God” is great for a bumper sticker, but it can be hard to put it into practice. We worry about everything – our kids, our jobs, our finances. Where the rubber meets the road for me is in this question: is worrying a sin? Here’s what the Bible says about it:
- Matthew 6:25: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life…”
- Matthew 6:34: “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
- Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
- Luke 12:25: “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”
- John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
