Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata, it means no worries, for the rest of our days. Right? That's easy for Timon and Pumbaa to say, but not for us humans. Why do we let such a small word consume so much of our lives? I know I'm guilty of it, everyday, I worry about something. We worry about money, our appearance, work, family, church, judgment, and so much more, we even worry about worrying.

25Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad. Proverbs 12:25

We can worry all we want, but it doesn't get us anywhere. Most things we worry about we are not in control of, The Almighty is. God has a plan for each one of our lives, he already knows the outcome of the situation we are worrying about. God knows how much money we need or how much we don't need, he knows what goes on in our family, our place of work, our church, he knows what needs to happen in each place and each situation. That's why God is so wonderful, and comforting. He doesn't want us to worry, he wants us to pray and give our worry to him. Just think, if we prayed as much as we worry, how would we feel?

25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27Which of you buy worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31Therfore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34Therefore do not worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:25-34

"O you of little faith?" I don't want Jesus to say that to me. All of my faith should be in him, but it isn't. Reading these verses over and over, now when I do worry, that question will pop up on my mind with blinking lights and sirens.  To think of Jesus saying that to me, makes me feel awful, and so unworthy. I can hear Jesus say: Teaya, you don't trust that I will provide and be here for you, I died for you, I am your Heavenly Father, I will always be here with you, I love you, Teaya, you and all your flaws. What a great feeling it is to know this, and that it's all true! 

Just climb in the lap of our Father, let him wrap his arms around us as we give our worries to him. He will hold us, and he will not lead us astray. We cannot worry and trust God at the same time. With the start of the new year, let's have a year without worry. This will be very hard for me, but I'm willing to give it to God for him to handle, and I'll just ride the path he has planned out for me. If we seek our amazing Savior first, put our trust in him, we will have {no worries}