11/18/2023 0 Comments Bible verses to help with anxietyThe wooden frame joining two animals (usually oxen) for pulling heavy loads was a metaphor for one person’s subjection to another, and a common metaphor in Judaism for the law. 11:29)-that is, eternal rest for all who seek forgiveness of their sins and freedom from the crushing legalistic burden and guilt of trying to earn salvation by good works. But the wider application is that Jesus provides “rest for your souls” (Matt. All who labor and are heavy laden refers in the immediate context to those oppressed by the burden of religious legalism imposed on people by the scribes and Pharisees. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Read MoreĬome to me is an invitation to trust Jesus personally, not merely to believe historical facts about him. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Read on your preferred digital device, including smart phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Take a 1-minute survey to join our mailing list and receive a free ebook in the format of your choosing. Get a free copy of the ebook ‘The Whole Armor of God’ by telling us a little bit about yourself! Believers can trust God because, as their Father, he cares* for them. Worry is a form of pride because it involves taking concerns upon oneself instead of entrusting them to God. The participle “casting” modifies the main verbal phrase “humble yourselves” from 1 Peter 5:6. Whether later in this earthly life or on the last day, God will exalt his people at the proper time.Ĭasting all your anxieties on him. Those who suffer can likewise be confident that the day of humiliation will not last forever. Mighty hand of God brings to mind the exodus, where the Lord delivered Israel from Egypt “by a mighty hand” (e.g., Ex. In their suffering, God’s people are to give themselves entirely to him, submitting to his wise ordering of their lives. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Little faith implies a deficiency rather than an absence of faith (cf. Grass was a natural source of fuel for fire and a common biblical metaphor for human frailty (e.g., Ps. 1:28), and because God loved human beings so much “that he gave his only Son” to die for our sins (John 3:16). 1:27), because God gave the human race dominion over all the earth and all its creatures (Gen. 12:12) because only humans, out of all God’s creatures, are created “in the image of God” (Gen. Human beings are of more value than animals (Matt. To be anxious, then, demonstrates a lack of trust in God, who promises that he will graciously care for “all these things” (Matt. 6:28)-to show that, since God cares even for the birds and the lilies, how much more will he care for his own. Jesus gives two a fortiori* (“how much more”) examples-“look at the birds” (Matt. 6:19–24), there is (“therefore”) no reason that one should be anxious. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Read More Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. “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. When overwhelmed by life and its woes, be encouraged by these passages of Scripture with commentary from the ESV Study Bible. God tells us over and over in Scripture to lean on him for what our human strength and ingenuity cannot achieve. This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series.
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