Do Not Worry

Do Not Worry
Matthew 6.25-34

Has it ever struck you what a basically happy person Jesus was?

Oh yes, we know that, according to the prophecies, he was ‘a man of sorrow, and acquainted with grief ’. We know that the darkness and sadness of all the world descended on him as he went to the cross. The scene in Gethsemane, where he is wrestling with his father’s will, and in agony wondering if he’s come the right way, is one of the most harrowing stories ever told. We know that he wept at the tomb of Lazarus, and that he was sad when people refused to trust God and see the wonderful things he was doing...

Taken from Matthew for Everyone – by Tom Wright