How to Put Worry to Death

Matthew 6:24-34

Life is about more than stuff says Jesus Christ, the aim and goal of life is not the abundance of the things that one can possess, the materialistic view of life  is utterly bankrupt and guilt ridden.  This view of life does not lead to peace nor happiness, but is  slavery to money and things - material goods as the goal and purpose of life leads to nothing but worry and anxiety.
 In these verses Jesus Christ commands his followers not to worry and be anxious about the future. V25 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.  Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment?"  "take no thought"   doesn't mean don't think about it, it means don't be anxious or worry about it.  V26-30 Jesus tells us why we are not to worry about these things.  V32 "(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek......) the word "Gentile" means not Jewish, or those who are unbelievers.. "seek" means "run after, pursue"  This is not the Christian mind-set.  If Christians grasp the teaching of this section, you will live differently than the unbelieving people and you will be a lot more happy and content and at peace than the unsaved.  

Christ teaches "do not worry" an imperative command.  The western culture thrives on people's worries and anxieties, and makes loads of money out of people's worries and anxieties.  There is not a man that can give peace of mind and not a man that can take it away from the Christian.   The powers that be want you to worry, they want to keep you worrying and anxious.  Throw off the shackles of worry and listen to the teaching of Jesus Christ in these verses as he demolishes utterly the foolishness and stupidity of worrying.  Do you know that worrying is irrational and illogical?