{"id":2227,"date":"2019-10-19T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2019-10-19T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:19:36","slug":"worry-is-unfruitful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/19\/worry-is-unfruitful\/","title":{"rendered":"Worry Is Unfruitful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jesus said, \u201cWhich of you by taking thought can add one\ncubit unto his stature?\u201d (Matthew 6:27). Worry cannot produce a better\ntomorrow or change yesterday, but it can spoil a perfectly good today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is impossible to list a single benefit from worry.\nSomeone said, \u201cWorry is like rocking chair; it will give you something to\ndo, but it won\u2019t get you anywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone gave this estimate of what most people worry about:\nThings that never happen, 49%; things over the past that can\u2019t be changed by\nall the worry in the world, 30%; needless health worries, 12%; petty,\nmiscellaneous worries, 10%; real, legitimate worries, 8%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We doubt if there is any such thing as a \u201creal,\nlegitimate worry,\u201d since the Bible says in Philippians 4:6, \u201cBe\ncareful for nothing \u2026 \u201d The literal meaning is \u201cdon\u2019t worry about\neven one thing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORRY IS UNWISE <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three reasons why worry is unwise: 1. It is\nharmful to one physically, mentally, and emotionally; 2. It makes one a poor\nsteward of his time and energy; 3. It shows a lack of faith in our Heavenly\nFather\u2019s care for us and in the integrity of His promises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. W. C. Alvarez, a stomach specialist at Mayo Clinic,\nsaid, \u201cEighty percent of the stomach disorders that come to the clinic are\nnot organic but functional \u2026 most of all ills are caused by worry and fear,\nand it is my experience that faith is more important than food in the cure of\nstomach ulcers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renowned Dr. Charles Mayo himself said, \u201cWorry\naffects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system; and\nit profoundly affects the health.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another medical doctor said, \u201cWorry sets up a general\ndisorganization of the system, makes and liberates all sorts of bodily poisons,\nthrows glands and their functions all out of gear, and lowers the resistance to\nthe very edge of limpness \u2026 prolonged and great worry may mean an eventual\nbreakup, flabby heart, hardened arteries, premature senility, paralysis of the\nwill which may ultimately lead to suicide.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worry wastes energy. A large industrial firm discovered that\nnine out of ten cases of workers inefficiency were caused by worry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worry produces imaginary troubles and often gives a small\nthing a big shadow. Someone once said, \u201cTo worry about what we can\u2019t help\nis useless; to worry about what we can help is stupid.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WORRY IS UNNECESSARY <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus said in Matthew 6:25-26, \u201cTherefore I say unto\nyou, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;\nnor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,\nand the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,\nneither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth\nthem. Are ye not much better than they?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the same chapter, the Lord promised us food and\nclothing, \u201cBut seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;\nand all these things shall be added unto you\u201d (verse 33). \n\nSince the Father \u201d \u2026 knoweth that ye have\nneed of all these things\u201d (verse 32), and since He has promised that\n\u201d \u2026 these things shall be added unto you\u201d (verse 33), then worry is\nunnecessary.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"