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Disney Songs brought to light #2
That's right hakuna Matata comes in at #2, and I have to say that I am not surprised this is a really great song. And I was hoping that it would be on the countdown because it has a very simple meaning but powerful meaning. Did you know that this is a very biblical song? It really is, I did a quick keyword search of all of the places where the word worry is found in the Bible and what I found surprised even me. With the exception of one passage, , every single place that the word is found in the Bible it is to tell people to not worry and that one passage says that you need to think about God before you worry, so it is really saying the same thing. So apparently God is all about not worrying but what exactly is worrying?
Dictionary.com lists it as to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
And after reading that definition you can see why God doesn't want us worry. It just does not sound like a pleasant experience. I think that Jesus puts it best as Luke writes in chapter 12
25 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? 26 And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?
So there you go "Don't worry!" it's as simple as that... but it really isn't you have to work on not worrying because this world that we live in tries to push us into worry, it wants you to think that if you want a job done right that you have to do it yourself, and that if everything is not perfect, if I don't get into the right collage or if I am not popular enough or if I have a zit then the world is going to end and everyone is going to die. And that is just not true. Check out what Paul says here in Philippians chapter 4
6 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
So all you have to do is pray about everything, and say thank you, and by just doing those little things God makes an amazing promise to us, check out the next verse.
7 Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
The peace that exceeds all understanding, it has always been funny to me that this is the peace beyond all understanding but you have to have an understanding of who God is and who Jesus is to be able to obtain it. But we still don't quite know how to go through life without worry so Paul adds another verse here that sums the whole thing up for us, and gives us precise directions on what to do
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise
Paul says if we can train our minds to focus on God, if we can set our minds on things that are above then there will be nothing to worry about, because like we learned with Baloo and Mogli God will provide the necessities.
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