Don't Worry About Tomorrow, For Tomorrow Will Worry About Itself. Each Day Has Enough Trouble Of Its Own
Fear Is The Opposite Of Faith
MATHEW 6:34
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
”Matthew 6:34 NKJV
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It is wise to plan for tomorrow, but to worry about tomorrow is time wasted; it is damaging to your health and steals your peace and your joy.
Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between careful planning and worry.
Careful planning is thinking ahead about your goals, steps, and schedules, and putting your trust in God’s guidance.
Good planning alleviates the worry and stress that is so damaging to your well being.
In contrast, worry consumes us with fear; which is the opposite of faith, and with it comes confusion and makes it difficult to trust God.
Fear is a major weapon of the devil and opens doors into our very souls (our minds, will, and emotions) to the devil and his army of unclean spirits and demons.
Once in, they bring about all kinds of confusion, misinformation, lies, deceit, and all kids of temptations.
They, like squatters, take up residence in one’s body and make people’s lives a misery.
But there’s good news, we spirit filled believers have authority over these unclean spirits and demons to cast them out (Luke 10:17).
Sin lets them in, including the sin of our ancestors, which means many are born demonised and cursed by the past generations.
But James tells us, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7 NKJV
These devil’s have many evil schemes up their sleeve to open doors, therefore, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
I Peter 5:8 NKJV
Fear, is one of the most powerful of the devil’s weapons, for fear is in itself sin; it like hot, is the opposite of cold, and is the opposite of faith, and without faith, it is impossible to please God (HEBREWS 11:6).
Furthermore, fear is the fuel of most depression.
When diagnosed with depression, the doctor will call it anxiety/ depression; he will say there’s no cure, but with pills and council we can control it.
If anxiety/ depression is in you and needs controlling, surely, it is living in you and needs to be evicted.
I tell you the truth, deliverance is key to a changed life and healing.
Fear is the very food of depression, and cannot survive without it. Faith is the ultimate antidote to depression.
Paul struggled with the sin living within him, the demonic beings of darkness, unclean spirits and demons, and even he needed deliverance.
He said, “So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.”
Romans 7:14-25 NLT
This Scripture relates to most people, for we all struggle with sin, and all sin lets the devil in.
Particularly fear, for it is the opposite of faith which is the condition of salvation (ROMANS 10:6-13).
But there is an answer, that is Jesus Christ, for He alone sets us free.
He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
John 8:34-36 NKJV
Worries and fear bring nothing good accept the fear of the Lord. Fear is an open door to the devil.
Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
Luke 12:22-25 NKJV
Worry doesn’t achieve anything to help any situation, it just makes matters worse.
Furthermore, worrying can affect your ability to think straight, make good decisions, and can lead to anxiety/ depression.
“”Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:31-34 NKJV
My beloved, if you are struggling with anxiety/ depression, or any health issues, dependency, or it seems your life is cursed with poverty, broken relationships, and such things as these, you most likely need deliverance and should seek help from a ministry operating in deliverance and healing.
These devil’s will not give up there home without a fight and will continue to cause misery until removed.
Like squatters, we must seek help from the eternal judge, repent (submit to the Lord), resist/ rebuke the devil (vocally call them out), and then they will flee from you.
Having evicted them, one must close the doors that let them in by inviting the Holy Spirit to fill every space available, along with His furnishings, His Word, living godly lives, and assembling regularly in worship and fellowship.
For, ““When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.””
Matthew 12:43-45 NKJV
My beloved, the spiritual realms along with the devil and his army of fallen angels are very real, and as Paul said, “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
Ephesians 6:12-20 NKJV
Many say, “if one is filled with the Holy Spirit, he cannot be demonised because God will not share His space with the devils.
But what they don’t understand, is that we humans are made up of three parts, flesh, soul, which is our mind, will and emotions, and spirit (1 THESSALONIANS 5:23).
When saved, the Holy Spirit joins with our spirit, and “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”
Romans 8:16-17 NKJV
The Holy Spirit leads us and guides us and manifests through our soul that we do good works through our flesh, and out of our belly/ heart flows living waters (JOHN 7:38).
It is no longer I, but Christ in me (GALATIANS 2:20).
But when we submit to the lust of the flesh and fall into sin, the Spirit, not willing to join our sin, retreats from our flesh and remains quiet within our spirit, which opens doors to the demonic to enter through the flesh, hence, we become demonised.
It feels like the Holy Spirit has left us, and that we are alone in the darkness, abandoned to torment and death.
But the Holy Spirit never leaves us (JOHN 14:15-18), but rather convicts change from within, for, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:1 NKJV
Repentance and submission follow, we resist the devil, and he shall flee (JAMES 4:7).
When receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, a battle begins from within, probably the biggest battle one shall face, for the flesh isn’t quick to give up its dominion and sinful lust.
My beloved, we a have a choice to make, to walk to satisfy lust of the flesh, or put them to death and walk in Spirit. The truth is, if you choose to serve the flesh and satisfy its lust, you shall not even know the Holy Spirit (JOHN 14:17), nor see the Kingdom of God (GALATIANS 5;16-21).
Therefore, make your spirit king, the Lord, king of kings, your soul, servant Spirit and your flesh your slave, and God will give you the desire to do what pleases Him, and the power to do it (PHILIPPIANS 2:13).
To submit to God is a life or death decision.
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:16-26 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
