The other day I was sitting in my car and reached a stop light on my way to class. After hearing an emotional story on the radio I realized that I may have left my notebook at home for the class that I was about to attend. I turned to that back seat and grabbed my book bag and pulled it to the front seat only to look up and see that there were no cars in front of me with a yellow light that was going to turn red. As I slowly pulled up for the next couple hundred feet I began to think about that light. How long had the light been green? How could I have missed it?
Then I began to relate that to our faith. In those couple of seconds that light had been green I was not paying any attention. For all I could have known the president of the United States could have walked in front of my car and did the macarena and I would've never known. I wasted my time worrying about what was in my book bag rather than the task at hand. I was so worried that I missed what was important.
Friends, don't spend so much time being worried about the little things in life. In the book of Matthew Jesus talks about worrying. Jesus says don't worry about the things of your life. Look at even the birds. Don't they have food to eat? Well, aren't you a little more important than those birds? You can't add even a day to your life by worrying.
Instead, look at the creation that God has set before us. Look at the blessings he has put in our lives. Cherish the life that you have now and embrace it
In other words: Life is too short to worry about what is in the backpack. Focus on the green light.
