Describe what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount about being anxious.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus enjoins his followers not to be anxious:

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? . . . Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell...

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus enjoins his followers not to be anxious:

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? . . . Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" . . . But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:25-34).

There is no need to be anxious. God sent His only son to earth to release us from anxiety and from our daily worries; he wants us to live in peace and security. Food, drink, and clothing are of course essential to our lives, but we should not fret about them. There is much more to life than fulfilling our basic needs. What we need to do is "seek first God's Kingdom." In doing so, we will be putting our faith in God, freeing us from the anxiety of our daily struggles and enabling us to see that life was meant to be enjoyed. Our faith will free us from the cares of this world to concentrate on what really matters: a God-centered Christian life. Christ's message is both negative (what we should not do) and positive (what we ought to do).