Jesus said, “Do not worry about your life.” Matthew 6:25

I was chatting with my father-in-law years ago and sharing a host of seemingly little fears that I was dealing with. He was a story teller by nature, so he sat back with his cup of coffee and said, “you know there was a giant tree in Colorado that died. The tree was hundreds of years old, which they could tell by counting the rings when they cut it down. Through those hundreds of years it wasn’t the big things that killed the tree, like a drought or lightening strikes. It was a tiny little bark beetle. Only the beetle did not come alone, he brought its aunts and uncles and cousins and friends and they had a party killing that tree. The moral of the story is, when you let one little negative thought into your mind, it will never come alone. That negative thought will bring its aunts and uncles and cousins and friends and they will have a party while putting a negative hole in your mind.”

One Negative Thought Always Leads To Many.

I’ve never forgotten that story because it is so closely aligned with Jesus when He said, “Do not worry about your life.” When we fear the negative we leave very little room for trust in God. Big or small, hand your fears to God today. He’ll happily take them off your hands.