Why did Jesus say therefore don’t worry in Matthew 6:24-34? The word therefore implies that worry is a chief cause of our natural devotion to money. Jesus connects worry and faith. Maslow theorized that survival needs must be met before transcendent ideas can be entertained. Not everyone agrees with Maslow. Jesus challenged his disciples to a faith which transcends daily anxieties even before they are fulfilled. Most people today have willingly accepted a modern variety of slavery. We work so many hours or pieces, we take off only when the company says we can, and we take what they want to pay us, like it or lump it. Why do people stay? Because of the threat of loss of income, health care benefits, and indirectly self-esteem, marriage, home and status. Only faith can set us free from money worries.
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