What’s on your mind as you start a new week? I bet there are a lot of worries. You’re already behind at work, and the week hasn’t even started! That unresolved conversation replays itself over and over in your mind. That big decision still needs to be made, and you don’t know how to make it. One child is struggling with this and another is struggling with that… Worry after worry after worry.
Before you start another week of worries, Jesus has a question for you: “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” (Matthew 6:27). What do you think? Have your worries added any time to your life? No way! Instead, worry robs us of moments right now. Worry blinds us to God’s blessings in the present. Worry eats away at our minds and bodies and souls. So Jesus says, “Don’t worry!”
When Jesus says, “Don’t worry!”, he means it. He has the power and love to take care of everything on your mind today. In fact, Jesus is the one person who can add an hour to your life. Actually, Jesus has already added an infinite number of hours to your life. He’s given you eternal life in heaven through faith in him! If Jesus has planned out your eternal future, you can be confident that he can take care of the hours in your day today. As you enter a new week, take Jesus up on his invitation: “Don’t worry!”
Upside-Down Savior 
Hi Pastor,
This was such a fitting post for me with where I’m at right now in Senegal. May God continue to bless your ministry.
Sincerely,
Heather
“But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,” Philippians 3:7-8
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Hi Heather. Great to hear from you! I’m glad this devotion provided you with comfort and strength from Jesus. You don’t have to worry, because Jesus loves you and is with you – even in Senegal! God’s blessings to you and your family.
“Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
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