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An Exhortation on

Defeating Anxiety

By Glenn Benson – 21 August, 2026

Approximate Reading Time: 10 minutes

 

All of us, at one time or another, have experienced some degree of Anxiety. Modern day life can be stressful and lead to Anxiety. So, what exactly is Anxiety, and how can it affect us physically and emotionally?

 

Merriam-Webster defines anxiety as an "apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness usually over an impending or anticipated ill," or more comprehensively as an overwhelming sense of fear and doubt marked by physical tension and uncertainty about one's ability to cope.

How Anxiety Affects Us

Physical Effects

Mental and Emotional Effects

Daily Life Impact

 

Knowing these things now, we can see how harmful and destructive Anxiety can be for us. But the good news is that we CAN do something about it. We can conquer it, defeat it, and get rid of it. For this, we turn to our Holy Bible.

 

We will go to Matthew 6:25-34. This what Jesus taught to the people and His Disciples about Anxiety during His Sermon on the Mount of Olives. I’ll present it here as given in the Amplified Holy Bible (AMP). First, I’ll give the entire passage of verses to read. Following that, I’ll break them down, verse-by-verse, into smaller chunks and explain their meanings:

Matthew 6:25-34 (AMP):

25 “Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy or distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 “Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?

            27 “And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of] his life?

28 “And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies and wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing],

            29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself as one of these.

30 “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

31 “Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’

32 “For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

33 “But first and most importantly seek [aim at, strive after His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.

            34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

 

Now we will look at a breakdown of these verses and determine their meanings:

Verse 25:

God gave us our lives and our bodies as a gift directly from Him. He created us in His likeness and image. He cherishes us, making us the most valuable part of His creation. Compared to the value of human life and our human body, food, drink, and clothing are merely trivial earthly things. Those trivial earthly things do not give us our lives and bodies; only God Himself gives us those things. So, why waste our good time and energy on worrying about them?

Verse 26:

In this verse, Jesus draws a comparison between the value of human life and the value of the birds in the sky. He points out that the birds do not plant, harvest, or store their food, yet our heavenly Father feeds them anyway. Jesus says that we are much more valuable than the birds in the sky. It only makes sense, then, that if God is willing to keep the birds in the sky fed, then He is certainly all the more willing to keep us fed. So, why waste good time and energy on worrying about it?

Verse 27:

Here, Jesus is using our lifespans as examples of things completely out of our control. Only God Himself has control of those things. If we know that and believe it, then it’s a total waste of our good time and energy to worry about them. We cannot change them by worrying.

Verses 28, 29, and 30:

In these verses, Jesus is drawing another comparison. This time it’s between King Solomon of Israel and the lilies and wildflowers of the field. King Solomon was the wealthiest King of Israel to ever sit on the throne. As such, everything about him, from his personal appearance, to his clothing, to his palace, to the Temple he built for God, was done very extravagantly. Jesus points out that even all the beauty and extravagance of King Solomon could not even begin to compare to the beauty of the lilies and wildflowers which God had clothed with their petals and leaves. Jesus also points out that the lilies and wildflowers were only temporary and fleeting. Here today and gone tomorrow. The point here being that if God would clothe these temporary flowers as he did, that He would certainly all the more clothe us with what we need. He ends the verse by saying that if we worry about these things, we are demonstrating our lack of faith in God.

Verses 31 and 32:

In these two verses, Jesus summarizes the things He has just said. He also reminds us that if we worry about these trivial things, we are acting just like the unbelievers (pagans, Gentiles) do, showing our lack of faith in God.

Verse 33:

This is perhaps the most important verse in this whole passage. Jesus states that the first and most important thing for us to do is to build up and keep a strong, solid, and well rooted faith in God and His coming kingdom. Then, only after we have done that, God will grant us all the provisions we need. A strong and solid faith is the prerequisite for this. Without it, we are as useless as a car without wheels. We cannot go anywhere or accomplish anything, spiritually speaking.

Verse 34:

In this closing verse, Jesus reminds us not to worry about those things we have no control over, such as what’s going to happen tomorrow. To worry about tomorrow would be a total waste of good time and energy.

 

If we can keep these things in mind, and put our full faith and trust in God, we can conquer, defeat, and eliminate our Anxieties.

 

 

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