11th Week in Ord. Time, Saturday – 19th June 2021 — Gospel: Mt 6,24-34
Worrying is Sin
In this passage Jesus strikes at the tendency to centre our lives on food and clothing, thus missing life’s real meaning. The problem is not so much about what we eat and wear today, but what we shall eat and wear after few years. Such worry about future is sin because it denies the love, wisdom, and power of God. It denies the love of God by implying that He didn’t care for us. It denies His wisdom by implying that He doesn’t know what He is doing. And it denies His power by implying that He isn’t able to provide for our needs. Worry about the future is not only a dishonor to God, it is also futile. This type of worry causes us to devote all our energies to work selfishly for gaining enough to live on. Due to which we miss the central purpose for which we were made. God did not create us in His image with no higher destiny than that we should consume food. We are here to love, worship, and serve Him and to represent His interests on earth. Our bodies are intended to be our servants, not our masters.
