‘be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God’.–
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness of this age. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization, anxiety disorders are on the increase globally. Indeed it seems the world is entering a new age of anxiety. As the economic situation worsens, fretting in the general population seems to be on the rise.
However the Bible in Philippians 4:6 says ‘be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God’.
God’s will is for us to focus on prayer and thanksgiving instead of worrying.
In Luke 12:25 Jesus said, “Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”! Then, in the following verse 26, Jesus pointed something else out: He said “Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”
Indeed worry never solves any problem, Psychologists tell us that roughly 40 percent of what we worry about will never happen and 30 percent has already happened. Additionally, 12 percent of worries are over unfounded health concerns. Another 10 percent of worries involve the daily miscellaneous fretting that accomplishes nothing. That leaves only 8 percent. In other words, people are worrying 92 percent of the time for no good reason,
Worry has been described as interest paid on trouble before it comes due. Worry is like a rocking chair; requiring a lot of energy, and yet it gets you nowhere.
Instead of worrying, we have to trust that God is in control of our lives. We look to Him in every situation knowing that He will definitely work things out to our favor.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 says ‘Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places’
We maintain a joyful attitude in the face of any challenge, because we trust God is in control of our lives.
Jesus put it plainly, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in Me.” Indeed when we believe in God and trust in Him then our hearts will not be troubled, rather we will be full of praise, knowing that God is at work in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
PRAYER: Lord, I trust you are in control of my life, and I know that even right now you are working out everything for my good. in Jesus Name. .
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When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
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[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK REJOICE]