The Bible admonishes us to be worried about nothing. We will look at it shortly.
All my life before I encountered this scripture, I had considered myself a late bloomer. It is a fancy term I used to express the fact that I always had my things way after people got theirs.
If Benz were trending, I would be the only ward (that’s how my mind processed it) who got dropped at school with a Camry. Here is an illustration and not an actual representation of superiority between cars. Even having social media accounts took me a while because what phone? My flip Sony Ericsson was purely for calls and text messages.
That does not imply I have been disadvantaged in life- far from it! As a teenager, I understood this reality differently. I wanted to belong, so worrying was my default nature. I imagined when I would also have those things that I thought mattered and with each anxious thought, my mind became drowned in sadness. Eventually, when I could acquire those things I wanted, I was so desperate to get the next new thing, and what I had, all of a sudden, was not good enough.
God bless my parents for trying all they could to supply my physical needs. I am severely thankful to God for rescuing me from this trap- the disease of trying to belong. I know now that I am unique. I set the standard to which I follow.
So many people bear the weight of anxiety because they have succumbed to what others put out as standard for success. Therefore, they feel like failures for living in a rented flat because someone they grew up with owns an estate, or they feel depressed for not having children as fast as other couples.
The devil does not need the things we own. Satan does not need money or assets; he attacks those things or sometimes hinders them (by God’s permission) to take away our peace, to make us lose faith and then worry. When our faith is out of the way, we cannot access what God has in store for us.
Philippians 4:6-7 NASB
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
God’s Word says do not have anxiety about anything. Pray instead of worrying.
How do you pray in difficult situations?
Make supplication (ask for your needs earnestly), wrap it up with thanksgiving and hand it all to God.
What is God’s reaction when you do that?
The God of peace grants peace first to keep us steady and able to receive the answers from God. This kind of peace beats human understanding in the sense that it shines through in the prevailing chaos.
That peace garrisons, that is, mounts guard at the door of our hearts and minds (emotions, will, thoughts) to prevent raw materials of fear from entering. It is the way God cushions us in difficult times.
