Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado
Week 9: Chapter 8 — You Can Count on God
Read Chapter 8 of Anxious for Nothing. Primary Scripture: Philippians 4:19; Matthew 6:25–34.
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The final full chapter brings together the book's argument with a simple, audacious claim: God can be counted on. Lucado invites the reader to move from knowing this intellectually to staking life on it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Lucado draws on Philippians 4:19 — 'My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus' — as the capstone of Paul's argument. What does it mean that God's provision comes 'according to the riches of his glory' rather than according to our circumstances or our deserving?
2.Jesus' words in Matthew 6 — 'Look at the birds of the air... Consider the lilies of the field' — are an invitation to learn theology from creation. What is Jesus arguing about God's character from these natural examples? And why do you think this argument doesn't always land emotionally even when we accept it intellectually?
3.Lucado makes the point that worry is essentially a failure of memory — we forget what God has already done and project that scarcity into the future. He invites readers to build an 'Ebenezer' — a memorial of God's past faithfulness. What would be on your personal list of Ebenezers?
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