Worrying is a failure

Tried to print this article out, but wouldn't let me. Here are excerpts.

Why Worrying is a Failure to Grasp the Gospel
by Trevin Wax

Worrying is a failure to grasp the gospel of a God worthy of trust.

Worry turns my focus to me.

So worry shows up whenever my view of God is diminished and my view of myself gets too big. I worry because my vision of God is skewed. I rest when my vision is fixed.

God has given undeserved favor to the birds. He blesses them apart from their merits.

Our worth is not measured in what we do for God, but what God has done for us.

This is God the Father who sent his only Son to the cross that we deserved.

This is God the Son who willingly took on flesh, lived among us, and died in our place.

This is God the Spirit who prompts our hearts and brings us back into unending fellowship with our Maker.

It is the costly actions of God that give us our value.

In these difficult times, we the people of God's kingdom, need to be reminded of our true citizenship and true identity. The uneasiness of worry surfaces in our hearts when we lose sight of the gospel of God's grace to the undeserving. Failure to grasp the gospel is what causes us to take our eyes off the kingdom and forget who we are in Christ.

United to Christ, we are part of a royal family. Our older Brother is the King of the world.