The Biblical Counseling Podcast

A study based on Jesus words in Mathew 6:25-33 #1 - Number one. The believer should not worry. The Christian. The follower of Jesus Christ should not be filled with anxiety. Now let me offer a word of clarification. Jesus was not saying that a Christian should not think about or be concerned with the needs of this like food or clothing. Jesus did not say, “Don’t think about food. Don’t concern yourself with clothing.” No. He said in verse 25, “Don’t worry about those things.” Oh yes you need to concern yourself with them. Oh yes you need to think about a roof over your head and clothes on your back and food in your stomach. That is important. And that is something that we all need to consider. In fact the Bible has many admonitions about saving our money and investing wisely and working hard for a living. So Jesus is not saying, “Don’t think about these things.” What He is saying is don’t be obsessed with these things. Don’t have anxiety about these things. Why? Because worrying doesn’t make anything better it just makes it worse.

(Hebrews 4:12 NKJV) (12) For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The Word of God is able.  It is able to cut so deeply that it can deal with the “thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).  When we minister the Word we do not know what those hearing it are thinking, nor do we know the motives or intents of their hearts.  What do we do with these unreachable places in life and ministry?  We turn to the ability of the Word of God: “The Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”  In our lives and in the lives of those to whom we minister, God’s Word cuts deep down into the heart, evaluating and dealing with the unseen thoughts and undeclared motives.  Only the Word of God is able to do these things.