God and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34 ESV

Main Question: What do I do about my

Who is your master? ^{Matthew 6:25-30}
1. What’s that “

” there for?
2. Jesus appeals to God’s intricate

and Fatherly care
3. We have a hard time trusting God to be

4. To serve God as our master is to grow in

to His control

Seek God, not control ^{Matthew 6:31-33}
1. “Therefore”: since God is in control, seek Him in the midst of

2. Psalm 118:6: What can

do to me?
3. Daniel 3:15-18: Confidence from beholding the

of God
4. Matthew 10:28-31:

God, not man, because God controls eternity

“If you have ever walked among giant redwoods, you will never be

by the size of a dogwood tree. Or if you have been through a hurricane, a spring rain is nothing to

. If you have been in the presence of the almighty God, everything that once controlled you suddenly has less

.” - Ed Welch

Be present with God ^{Matthew 6:34}
1. “Therefore”: Since God is in control, seeking Him first allows us to live in the

2. Anxiety thrives in the “

” of the future
3. Anxiety thrives in the future, but there is

today
4. Philippians 4:8-9: God promises

in return to those who fill their head with Him and seek to follow Him in their actions