Worries be Gone

Scripture Verse that Caught My Attention Today: John 21:34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, 35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.

Observation: “dissipation and drunkenness” is easier to avoid than the “worries of this life.”

Application: It seems to me that the ‘worries of this life’ are many. They are personal and professional, they are present and they are future. Sometimes we even worry about how the past might affect the future.

Maybe the larger point is to not let our hearts be ‘weighed down” with these worries. In fact, we are told to ‘be on guard’ about such things. In other words, the worries are most surely there, but apparently we can control whether or not we will be ‘weighed down’ by them. It occurs to me that the way to avoided being weighed down is to let go.

This is not to say be irresponsible. Indeed, the delimma(s) may need to be dealt with. But we need not be ‘weighed down’ by it/them. It’s a perspective thing that can help us be alert and ready for the bigger lessons and hope that we find in our Lord.

Prayer: thanks again for the reminder to keep all things in their respective places when compared to you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

(readings today included: Exodus 1-2, Psalm 88, Luke 21)