MEMORY VERSE: ‘Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ Matthew 6:34.
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:25-34.
STUDY HELP: Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, pages 95-98, 100-101.
LESSON AIM: To study Christ’s words about worrying.
COMPILER’S NOTE: “Take no thought” simply means “Do not worry”.
‘While you do your best, weary not your body and mind with the cares of this life. Do not spoil your religious experience by worry, but trust the Lord to work for you and to do for you what you cannot do for yourself. The life is more than meat. There is much needless worrying, much trouble of mind, over things that cannot be helped. The Lord would have His children put their trust fully in Him. Our Lord is a just and righteous God; His children should acknowledge His goodness and His justice in the large and small things of life. Those who cherish the spirit of worry and complaint are refusing to recognise His guiding hand. Needless anxiety is a foolish thing, and it hinders us from standing in a true position before God.’ In Heavenly Places, page 113.
1. What counsel did Jesus give about worry? Matthew 6:25.
NOTE: ‘While you do your best, weary not your body and mind with the cares of this life. Do not spoil your religious experience by worry, but trust the Lord to work for you and to do for you what you cannot do for yourself. The life is more than meat. There is much needless worrying, much trouble of mind, over things that cannot be helped. The Lord would have His children put their trust fully in Him. Our Lord is a just and righteous God; His children should acknowledge His goodness and His justice in the large and small things of life. Those who cherish the spirit of worry and complaint are refusing to recognize His guiding hand. Needless anxiety is a foolish thing, and it hinders us from standing in a true position before God.’ In Heavenly Places, page 113.
2. What question did Jesus ask concerning food and clothing? Matthew 6:25, last part.
NOTE: ‘Your attention should not be turned in the direction of anxiety, fear, and solicitude, in regard to your meat and drink, and the clothing you are to put upon these bodies. Is not the better life to be sought after with far greater carefulness, and we engage in the work with greater earnestness than we should in making unnecessary preparations for this life? While we are engaged almost wholly in the preparation for this life, we are losing the opportunity of gaining eternal life. But can we not invest more in this enterprise of everlasting life than in the things of this short life?’ Review & Herald, April 12, 1870.