Press the arrow to listen to Hillsong sing “Higher” (I Beleive in You) as you read today’s devotion about worry-free living.

Scripture
Be anxious for nothing….

Observation
“Fear not.” There is such a reassuring cadence in those words. We heard echo in our mother’s voice soothing down the hallway in the middle of a dark night. We hear those words today through the voice of God. “Fear not” is one of the Father’s favorite things to say. He sprinkles this command liberally throughout the whole of the Bible.

The Father wants us to live fearlessly. It is almost like someone inviting Sir Isaac Newton to live in weightlessness of space. There is a freedom from the grim gravity that grips so many down.

Paul found the secret. He knew how to live well poor or rich. The secret was to look beyond the means and to see the source. Behind it all is Christ and in him there is always enough. With or without things we always have him and he is more than enough. Poverty causes us to desire him more; prosperity reminds us that he is the giver of all.

Application
When I chose to be satisfied with Christ alone I am weightless in a weighed down world. Some are weighed down with worry and others with wealthy, but I can be worry free. This begins with a choice, for that is the only option to respond to a command. Paul did not encourage us to not be anxious; he commanded us not to worry. Fearlessness is the result of obedience.

Prayer
Father, I trust you, totally, thorough, completely. You are my all in all. Amen.