Sunday, February 8, 2026

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: LET TOMORROW WORRY ABOUT ITSELF

THEME SCRIPTURE: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life… But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” — Matthew 6:25, 33 (ESV)

PREPARATORY QUESTIONS:

1. What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness?

Worry often disguises itself as responsibility. We tell ourselves we’re being realistic, prepared, mature. But Jesus names it plainly: anxiety about tomorrow is a failure of trust today. In Matthew 6, he addresses people who lived with far more daily uncertainty than we do—no savings accounts, no insurance, no long-term security. Yet He points them away from outcomes and toward allegiance.

Jesus trusted the Father not only for meaning, but for provision. He slept during storms. He fed crowds with leftovers to spare. He sent disciples out with no backup plan (Luke 9:3). This wasn’t recklessness; it was confidence in the character of God.

Athanasius wrote, “God is good—or rather, of all goodness He is Fountainhead.” If God is the source, scarcity is never ultimate. Worry grows when tomorrow becomes sovereign. Jesus cuts it off by shrinking the timeline: “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself” (Matt. 6:34). He doesn’t deny future needs; he refuses to let them dominate the present. Faith is not ignoring reality— it’s ordering reality under God.

The early church understood this. Basil the Great warned, “Anxiety about the future makes us faithless about the present.” When we obsess over what might happen, we miss what God is doing now. Obedience today is the truest preparation for tomorrow.

Seeking the kingdom first reorders our loves. It answers the deeper question beneath worry: Who is responsible for my life? Jesus’ answer is clear— God is. Our role is faithfulness, not foresight. Trust does not mean passivity; it means action without panic.

Key Takeaway

Beloved, worry fades when tomorrow is released to God and today is lived in faithful obedience.

This kind of trust in God that extinguishes worry is learned, not assumed. It grows as we practice handing tomorrow back to God, again and again, until peace becomes more natural than fear.

Remain blessed.

FURTHER READING – Matthew 6

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QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD:

1. What future outcome do you feel responsible to control right now?

2. How does worry shape your decisions more than trust?

3. What would it look like to seek God’s kingdom first today—practically?

PRAYER

Father, I confess my need to control what only you can hold. Teach me to trust your goodness and provision. Help me live faithfully today without borrowing fear from tomorrow. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.

One-Year Bible Reading Plan

Exodus 15-16; Psalm 38