Anxious?

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God and the peace of God that passes comprehension shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6&7

Be anxious for nothing is not a suggestion in this verse; it is a command. If we let anxiety rule over us it has become a small, dark god which destroys the peace God intends for us to have. Worry takes us out of the hand of God and places us in the trembling hand of our own ability. Our tormenting fears should be brought out of the shadows and dubbed what they are: sin.

If our heart becomes obsessed with fear the beacon God has intended us to be dims. It is up to us to decide if we will trust God in this trying moment. Either we trust God or let our potential dissolve in the acid of fear.

Our worry makes the sad statement to the world around us that we do not trust God’s love for us. Our statement should be, “I know God will never leave or forsake me.”