Is Worry a Symptom of Pride?

I would venture to say most of us worry about one thing or another at some point in our lives. Of course some people worry a lot more than others. I tend to be one of those that worry comes easily to. After all there is a substantial amount of things to worry about, finances, loved ones, health, and dangers that could come upon our children, siblings, parents, friends, animals etc.

In all my worrying I've had to ask myself this question, is worry a sin? Well lets turn to the scriptures and see what the Lord has to say about it;

~ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ Matthew 6:31

~ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34

~ “Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say. Luke 12:11

In each of these passages the word worry is preceded by the words, do not. We are told not just once but several times, do not worry. If we love God we will obey Him and if we are to obey Him then we are to do as we are told here, do not worry. So yes when we worry we are disobeying God because He clearly tells us not to.

Now that we have decided that worry is a sin I want to go a step further and say that not only is it a sin but it stems from that horrible thing called Pride. Now, before you tell me I'm carrying it too far (I know some of you are already reeling because I called worry a sin ;) just listen to this for a minute. When you worry, it is a total absence of faith in God. You are saying "I don't trust that God can take care of this". If your worried your not trusting God. There is compleete rest in trusting and if your worrying there is no rest, no trust. So if we are not trusting God what are we trusting? Not usually someone else. When we worry, we tend think that there is some way we can prevent something from happening, or make something happen that won't happen with out our help. This is not trust and faith in God to be in control of all things, this is trust and faith in ourselves to fix things. And if you just think about that for a minute you'll see that we are believing that we can control something that God can't. That is pride! Thinking you have it all together and that you can fix something and not trusting in God is Pride.

We need to stop worrying and start Trusting God's sovereignty. Keep the Faith Brethren!