While reading in Matthew chapter 6 I was struck by a word that I had never noticed before. How thankful I am that the Holy Spirit stopped me there on that word! The word was “Therefore” which means “for that reason” or “because of that”.

Matthew 6:24-25

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. [6]

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.

We cannot serve God and money, so because of this Jesus tells us not to be anxious about our life. When we are anxious about our life whom are we trusting? Money or God? If we are trusting in money or the world we are trusting them to meet our needs and we are serving them. If we are trusting God to satisfy our needs we are serving Him. If God can be trusted why are we anxious about our life? What does our anxiousness say to our God about our trust in Him, and what does our anxiousness say to the world about the trustworthiness of our God?