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

My father-in-law once told me a story about a giant tree in Colorado that had 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 was, 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 putting a negative fear based hole in your mind.

One Negative Thought Leads To Many

The story so closely aligns 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 Jesus today. He’ll happily take them off your hands.