Don't Worry - wisdom from Bobby McFerrin and God

Don't Worry, Be Happy : Lyrics by Bobby McFerrin

Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't Worry — Be Happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry you make it Double
Don't Worry — Be Happy
Ain't got no place to lay your head,
somebody came and took your bed
Don't Worry, Be Happy
The landlord say your rent is late,
he may have to litigate
Don't Worry — Be Happy
Ain't got not cash, ain't got no style,
ain't got no gal to make you smile
Don't Worry — Be Happy
Cause when you worry your face will frown
and that will bring everybody down
Don't Worry — Be Happy

© ProbNoblem Music (BMI)

Matthew 6:25-34 CEV
(25) I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?
(26) Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?
(27) Can worry make you live longer?
(28) Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes.
(29) But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them.
(30) God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?
(31) Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?"
(32) Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these.
(33) But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
(34) Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today.

You have to appreciate the idea Bobby is hanging out there anyway. Too often we get caught up in the trap of worrying about (insert your worry topic here) and miss out on the sheer joy of life. I have found that worrying rarely is helpful and almost always is a distraction from more important things. While you're pondering that idea, check out what Matthew 6 has to say on the topic - pretty much the same as Bobby McFerrin, who knew?