Don’t trust in uncertain riches.  Are you consciously comparing the effort that you put in for this vanity as opposed to the amount of effort you’re putting into the kingdom of God?  Let’s look at a couple of Scriptures here as He warns us that these cares will choke the Word of God out.  Now, remember, we said that Satan’s comment was, “God doesn’t care.”  So, if God doesn’t care for us, we need somebody to care.  The devil says, “I care.  And that’s why I’m warning you; you had better take care of yourself.”

So, the Scripture admonishes us in a different direction, doesn’t it?  Jesus speaking in Matthew, Chapter 6.  We all know the passages; we can quote them.  Hopefully, the Holy Spirit will encourage us in our hearts tonight to allow this to become reality in finality.  We hear it, we believe it for a few weeks, and it’s stolen from our hearts.  We believe it, we get great intentions, and then get caught off in another direction.  Whatever the source of the distraction might be, because this word “care,” in the Greek—it has a powerful, powerful truth within it, and it means distraction by attraction.  It’s something that will cause us to turn our attention from that pursuit that we were in for God.

It takes place when we’re most excited about getting things right with God.  Then all of a sudden, this attraction comes up. Isn’t it interesting, amusement parks are called attractions?  Whatever it might be, as believers, how easily are we distracted by attractions?  We’re admonished in Deuteronomy to take the Word and use it as frontlets; amen?  Do you know what a frontlet is?  Have you ever seen the blinders that are on a racehorse, so it’s not distracted by the other horses or the crowd or what’s going on?  How many of you know that we need some blinders on?  The Bible says this Word is to be taken and used as blinders so that we see nothing else but what God has commanded us, we’re not distracted at all by the new gimmicks.  Whether they’re doctrines or liberties, whatever they might be, anything that distracts you from that straight and narrow path.  It is a narrow path, and few there be that find it, praise God!  Timothy admonishes us: cut straight through.  Cut the straight path.  And nothing else is really acceptable.

Very early on in the introduction into the kingdom of God in Matthew 6, this admonition comes to the church.  “Therefore I say unto you,” verse 25, “Take no thought for your life.”  How are you doing?  I mean, we’re right out of the box here, man.  Take no thought for your life. How are you doing in that area?  What are you worried about now?  What are you fearful of now?  “Well, I was afraid of COVID.  I was afraid of what the legal authorities might do if we meet, and I was afraid of what’s going on today in the government.  And I’m afraid of…”  Can I remind you to be anxious for nothing? Philippians says, “but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).  Hallelujah!

How many of you think that we ought to maybe make that our “now I lay me down to sleep” prayer?  Philippians 4:6 should be something that absolutely comes up in your spirit immediately, when you begin to have dis-ease.  Can I remind you that fear is a disease, a dis-ease?  It steals our ease, our ability to rest in the promise of God.  It begins to cause us to question God’s love, God’s Word.  All of a sudden, I’m in this adverse situation.  What do I do?  Praise God, amen?  Don’t worry about it. It would be a good time to become Alfred E. Neuman.  A couple of old people?  How many of you remember MAD magazine?  Yeah, “What, me worry?”  That’s because he was too stupid to worry.