不要忧虑
马太福音六章25至34节
25所以我告诉你们，不要为生命忧虑吃甚么，喝甚么；为身体忧虑穿甚么。生命不胜于饮食么？身体不胜于衣裳么？
26你们看那天上的飞鸟，也不种，也不收，也不积蓄在仓里，你们的天父尚且养活它。你们不比飞鸟贵重得多么？
27你们那一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢（或作：使身量多加一肘呢）？
28何必为衣裳忧虑呢？你想野地里的百合花怎么长起来；它也不劳苦，也不纺线。
29然而我告诉你们，就是所罗门极荣华的时候，他所穿戴的，还不如这花一朵呢！
30你们这小信的人哪！野地里的草今天还在，明天就丢在炉里，神还给它这样的妆饰，何况你们呢！
31所以，不要忧虑说：吃甚么？喝甚么？穿甚么？
32这都是外邦人所求的，你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。
33你们要先求他的国和他的义，这些东西都要加给你们了。
34所以，不要为明天忧虑，因为明天自有明天的忧虑；一天的难处一天当就够了。
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曾经有人指出，基督在这段经文提出了七大理由，来规劝我们不要忧虑。你可以找出来吗？
「忧虑」乃是指经常记挂着将来未发生的事情，而且总是以消极的眼睛去看未来，预计将会出现的困难，为可能出现的问题而感到操心和担忧。然而，事情是否真如所想像的发生，却是未知数。
一个经常为明天忧虑的人，只会出现消极的挂虑，并操心该如何去解决问题；但由于他不能够知道事情是否真如他所想的发生，于是便患得患失，被恐惧所制伏，以致影响他的日常生活。
基督怎样教导我们呢？祂教导我们只管活好今天，并记着明天还是在神的手里。基督并非教导我们不要计划未来；祂只是劝告我们不要为未来忧虑。
基督引用飞鸟作为例子，来帮助我们明白个中的道理。我们如果有观鸟的习惯，必发现飞鸟每天都很辛勤地寻觅食物。但牠们不会为明天储粮，只会寻觅当天的食物。牠们为何不会为明天挂虑呢？因为神已为自然界的动物提供了足够的食粮。我们真的要向飞鸟好好学习啊！
耶稣似乎是一个爱花之人(28、29节)。祂指出，花卉的生命虽然只有短短几天，但神却不吝啬地赐予它们美丽的妆容和芬芳的香气；我们是祂所爱的儿女，祂又怎会有所保留，不把各样的美物赐予我们呢？
基督的最后嘱咐是甚么呢？就是我们若能凡事以神为首，祂就会将我们今生和来生所需用的一切丰厚地赐给我们。我们必须紧记第33节；它要成为我们的人生主调。并且，无论遇到甚么，都要记着第32节的话：「你们的天父是知道的」。
DON'T WORRY
Matthew 6:25-34
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Message
What does it mean to worry? The Bible doesn't use the word worry, but there are other words that mean the same. 'Anxious' is one. 'Care' is another. Worry is fighting tomorrow's battles today. Worry is concern over the future- over something we can probably do nothing about- something we aren't even sure will happen.
The one who worries is looking into the future, afraid of what he thinks might happen and how he could cope with it. Because he can't be sure, it begins to tear him apart. He can think of nothing else and talk about nothing else. It affects every area of his life.
But what did Christ say? Live one day at a time, remembering that tomorrow belongs to God. Christ was not saying 'Don't do any planning'. He was saying 'Don't do any worrying'.
To help us, Christ spoke about the birds. No-one works harder than birds in gathering their food. You watch and see how busy they are each day. But they take each day as it comes. God has provided in the world of nature all that they need. Take a lesson from them!
It seems that Jesus loved flowers (v. 28, 29). He pointed out that if God poured all the beauty and fragrance into flowers that live only a few days, don't you think he is willing to look after his children in the same generous divine way?
What is Christ's final word on this subject? If we put God first in every area of our lives, he will see to it that we have all that we need for this life and the next. Verse 33 is one that we all should know word for word. It ought to be the keynote of our lives. Remember always the words of verse 32 'Your heavenly Father knows'.