1) It’s Wednesday, peanut butter and jelly. Wednesday, peanut butter and jelly. Yeah, okay. That has nothing to do with this, but it is time for a classic sermon, something that we’ve preached before, either recently, not recently, or in ancient times. So here we go, little campers. Buckle up. Today’s message is about understanding that being afraid of our future is operating with fear and not with faith. But we need some practical advice on how to break through the cycle.

2) So what is the practical advice that I can give you? Nothing, except to read your Bible and believe it when you read it. But I can share the practical advice that Jesus gave, which will make a substantial difference. He challenged us to live by a code that is simplistic and purposeful. He challenged us to walk hand in hand with God, not five steps behind or five steps ahead.

3) So what is the best way to walk hand in hand with the Lord? The answer is relatively simple. We need to walk every day with Him, day by day, every 24 hours. Not every 25 hours. Not every two days. Not every 20 days. Not every 200 days. But every day. The best example to understand this is the provision that came from God for the children of Israel. He gave them manna every day, with a double portion for the Sabbath. What you got on Monday, you could not eat on Tuesday. That’s the ticket.

4) But why is this so hard to walk in? What is the difficulty that we face? It is simply this: humankind often operates in the malady of fear, doubt, worry, anxiety, anxiousness, discouragement, frustration, and irritation. All of these are addressed in the Sermon on the Mount, the most read piece of literature in the existence of humanity. We would tend to think that the most read literature in all of humanity would give us some type of answers. And it does. However, it doesn’t help us if we don’t believe it and then use it. Reading is great. Believing what we read is better.