Seeking the Kingdom

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Jesus says, “Don’t be anxious,” three times in this passage. Quick question that comes up: how does anybody have the audacity to command us to not be anxious? Nobody gets up in the morning and says, “I’m going to really be anxious today. I can’t wait.” It’s not a very voluntary thing. So why would Jesus command us? If we look carefully, we’ll see that he’s not commanding us in a drill sergeant way. Instead, he gets underneath and he explains and he reasons with us. There’s a sense in which he does surgery. He’s saying, “If you let me do my surgery in you, if you listen to my instructions, I can get anxiety out of you. I can deal with your anxiety.” Let’s look at what Jesus shows us about 1) what is anxiety? 2) where does it come from? and 3) what do we do about it? This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on June 3, 1990. Series: The Lord’s Prayer 1990. Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel and Life. During January, we're inviting our listeners to consider becoming a Gospel and Life monthly partner.
0:10.7	Monthly partners are an important part in helping us to plan for how we can be the most effective in reaching people all over the world with the gospel.
0:19.1	If you'd like to become a monthly partner, just visit
0:21.7	gospelonlife.com slash partner. That's gospelonlife.com slash partner. What is holding you back from
0:30.8	truly trusting in God? From not just believing in his existence, but letting the power of his word
0:36.2	change how you approach daily
0:37.7	life, work, and relationships. In today's message, Tim Keller looks at one of Jesus' most
0:43.1	well-known teachings to explain how true faith begins when we stop trying to control our own lives
0:48.6	and start trusting in the God who knows exactly what we need.
1:03.4	Matthew 6, 25 through 34.
1:10.3	Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink,
1:12.2	or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of
1:18.7	the air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them.
1:26.4	Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying
1:30.8	can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field
1:37.6	grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was
1:43.3	dressed like one of these.
1:45.7	If that is how God closed the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow was thrown
1:50.2	into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, oh, you of little faith? So do not worry saying,
1:57.1	what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after
2:02.6	these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom,
2:08.2	and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not
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