According to statistics, 40 million adults have anxiety disorders and it affects an estimated 18% of U.S. population. Anxiety is an unsettled feeling toward the future and depression is an unsettled feeling toward the past. In this passage Jesus gives us the antidote to anxiety.
据统计，四千万的成年人患有忧虑症，而这影响约18％的美国人口。忧虑或焦虑是不安于未来，而忧郁或抑郁症是不安于过去。在这段经文中，耶稣给予我们对付忧虑的良药。
- Worrying is a sin issue 忧虑是罪 (6:25)
Worry is sin. Yes, this is a strong statement, but this command came from Jesus. To disobey Jesus’ command is a sin. Anxiety is no longer just a psychological or mental issue but a sin issue. Worry is the sin of disobedience to God’s command. If we focus on obeying the commands in the present we won’t be distracted into worrying about the future.
忧虑是罪。是的，这句话不堪入耳，但这是耶稣的命令。不顺服就是罪。因此，焦虑不再是一种心理或精神上的问题，而是罪。忧虑就是不顺服神的罪。如果我们此时此刻专注于顺服神的命令，就不会有时间为将来忧虑。
- Worrying is a faith issue 忧虑是无信心的表现 (6:26-33)
Jesus said, “O you of little faith!” The issue of worry is an issue of faith. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you? Worry is the sin of distrusting the promise and providence of God.
耶稣说：“你们这小信的人哪!” 可见忧虑的问题亦是信心的问题。如果连野地里的草今天还在，明天就被丢进火炉里，神也尚且这样妆饰它，更何况是对我们呢？忧虑是不信任神的承诺和眷顾的罪。
- Worrying is a heart issue 忧虑是心里的问题 (6:34)
We will not worry about things we do not love or care for. The fact that we worry about them shows where our hearts are. Our problem is that we love our material world so much that we are afraid to lose it. But Jesus said we should seek first the kingdom of God, not this material world. So worry is a heart issue: we love the world more than God.
我们是不会为自己不关心或不在乎的事情忧虑的。事实上，我们所担心的事就显明了我们心里到底爱什么。我们的问题在于自己太爱这物质世界了，以至于我们害怕失去它。但耶稣说，我们应该先寻求神的国和神的义，而不是这个物质的世界。所以，忧虑的问题涉及了我们的心，就是我们爱世界多过于爱神。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- Do you realize that worry is not a trivial sin? Doubting the perfect and almighty God is a serious sin. Confess your sin to God and learn to trust him rather than your own understanding.
你是否知道忧虑并不是个小罪？质疑那完美和全能的神是项严重的罪。请向神承认你的罪并学着去信任祂，而不是倚靠自己的聪明。
- Worry shows that we are mastered by our circumstances and by our own finite understanding of the situation rather than by God’s Word. Pray that God will help you understand His sovereignty, His wisdom and His goodness toward us.
忧虑表明我们被环境辖制了，而我们所用的是自己有限的知识去理解周围的环境，并非用神的话看待这一切。请向神祷告，求祂助你了解祂待我们的主权、智慧和美善。
- Worry is a heart issue. Is our heart with the world and pursuing the pleasure of the world? Our worry reveals our heart condition. Pray that you are not attracted to the temporal and materialistic world.
