Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord; therefore I will trust in Him with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I will, by the grace of God, abide in Him. I will, in God's strength, serve Him. I will, because He is in control, and cares for me, and gives me life and sustains me, not worry about anything, but pray about everything. That is my desire and my intention. It is my ambition; what I want. All because of Jesus, my treasure, my soul focus, my Master.
Jesus said three times in Matthew 6:25-34, "Do not be anxious". Why? Because He knows we get so anxious; He knows we struggle so much with it, and He is anxiety's cure. When I am trusting Jesus I am not worrying. When I am resting in Jesus I am not seeking harmful things. Jesus is my worry-free zone; the place of joy, the center of rest; my sufficiency. Phil. 4:5 says "The Lord is at hand" - Jesus is near, He is with me, and He is coming back soon. That is why I can be free from worry and anxiety. Jesus is why life makes sense.
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Worry?? Worry’s real name is FEAR—we just don’t want to admit it. We feel cowardly when we say we are afraid---worry sounds so much better—easier to digest, not so demeaning as being afraid. I mean, everyone worries, for heaven’s sakes!
ReplyDeleteThere are levels of worry—things to fear in this human existence. The ultimate one is to worry about---or FEAR—to realize our own mortality, especially for the first time.
Sure, we can worry about whether we will have food on the table, a healthy family, money in the bank----employment!! That’s a huge one! Everyone of these worries are covered by having a trusting faith that will prove God’s promises are true. We can search scriptures and find that He has promised His provision---- His counsel thru the Holy Spirit---He does promise that He can intercede for us in prayer—thru groans, when we don’t even know how to pray. He tells us that He knows our thoughts, so we can trust that He can carry every burden we can think of or produce. He promises us that He is with us in every circumstance that we go thru in this life—what a better friend to have with us at every moment than Jesus.
Our biggest problem is staying focused---on HIM---the devil has a heyday with our minds---he is the creator of our fears and worries---he works hard every moment searching and seeking someone to devour----he even has worker demons that push in against us, everytime we let our guard down---which is most of the time~!
Jesus told us that He came so that we could have salvation thru Him, if we believe---eternal life with Him---FOREVER!! And we worry????? Fear?????
I say “what is the worst thing that can happen to any one of us?? That we will die?? “ Isn’t that what we live all of the Christian life for???? To go home to be with Christ?
Now doesn’t worry seem incredibly small???