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What Stresses You Out?Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” I do not wish to belittle anyone’s stresses and anxieties of life, but here in this verse Jesus speaks to those who get stressed and anxious about such things in life as food and raiment. Though some people have too much of one (food) and wear too little of the other (raiment) these two things are necessities of life. Why do we worry about the necessities of life? It is the privilege of our Heavenly Father to provide these things for us. So, what in life stresses you out? Are they something that our Father says He will provide for you? Are they things that you can control through the strength and wisdom God gives you? And if you cannot have any control over them, are you trusting God to do what you cannot do or provide what you cannot provide on your own? In this same chapter Jesus tells us to consider the fowls and flowers of the earth. He provides for the birds and He arrays the world with blossoms. Christ leaves us with one task, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Are you seeking Him or allowing the things of life to stress you out?