The Parable of the Sower Part 4 (Carrots and Sticks)

It’s normal for us to feel concerned about the future, but that concern becomes anxiety when we focus most of our energy toward uncontrollable circumstances, causing us to waste our mental strength on hypothetical scenarios. Christians today experience emptiness in their faith because of this anxiety epidemic where they focus more on an illusory problem in the future rather than trusting God and living in the present. It is when we surrender our fears of the future to God and steward the gifts that He has given us in the now that we give our lives to what is truly important to God and ourselves.