Here is what my devotional guide said this morning," Worry is thinking turned toxic, the imagination picturing the worst. The word, 'worry' comes from the root "to choke or strangle." Worry chokes and strangles our capacity to think, hope and dream."
If those words are convincing enough it goes on to say, "At the core, it is a low-grade fever of agnosticism. When we worry, we express a lurking form of doubt that God either knows, cares or is able to do anything. It is a form of loneliness- facing eventualities by ourselves on our meager strength."
The answer is found in Scripture in Matthew 6, where Jesus addresses some of the biggest worries in life at that time and still those worries that plague many people around the world... what we will eat, drink and wear. Now days, in America, our worries are endless.... more complicated... and often less monumental if we can step back and see them through God's eyes. How do I get ahead in my job? Can I say "no" when I feel I should say "yes"? Can I afford this or that? Do I need this or that?
Jesus gives us the answer to these questions as well. We only have one concern in life... "to put God first in our lives. Then our only anxiety will be that we may miss the real reason we were born: to seek first the kingdom of God and to be right with Him."
I struggle with worry. I worry over the smallest details in life. I feel the loneliness of trying to figure it all out on my own. (It is one of my biggest idols- self reliance.) But one thing I have learned in the past 48 hours is that when I feel there is no answer to my worries and I am exhausted from "trying to fix it", God steps up and provides. He provides in ways that we couldn't dream of. Honestly, I think it took me finally letting go and realizing I had no other choice but to let him handle it.
"Give me the answer
give me a way out
Give me the faith
to believein these hard times."
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