Worry is a trust issue you worry because you don't trust that God is in control of your
situation you worry that he will fail you in your time of need trust comes when you place
your confidence in someone who knows better than you you trust God because you believe he
knows everything about your situation and will somehow make everything work out for
your good even when it doesn't look good at all trusting God with your life is the cure for worry
listen nothing should make God's people worry and yet we try to overcome it ourselves
now the world has no way they can deal with worry that's why drugs alcohol
they need something to dull themselves to it but the child of God has a divine deliverance
it's not something you can do in and of yourself it requires the grace and the power of the Holy
Spirit of God Jesus says that you and I as Christians are different one of the reasons
you do not have to worry is because you have a Heavenly Father you're not like the rest
of the world who doesn't have anyone watching and looking out for the back as Christians who have a
heavenly father who are children of God the Bible teaches have someone or have a heavenly father
who's caring who's providing who's concerned and is promised to look after their needs
and sometimes when things go wrong you forget the strength and the power of the God that we serve
you think that you have to come up with the answer
you get depressed when you forget the power of God and instead try to handle things on your own
fight depression by getting in the presence of God this fight is not about our strength this
fight is about our God's strength this fight is not about our strength it's not about me getting
strong enough to pull myself up by my bootstraps and power my way through this this one's not about
my strength this one's about my God's strength Ephesians 3:20 says this now to him who is able
to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us
I love that verse because it reminds me
God wants to do things in our lives that we can't even imagine possible
and when you're really dealing with anxiety and when you're really dealing with depression
there are days when if you put me on a polygraph test I would have had to admit I don't
see a better future in store I can't imagine being set free from this stuff I can't imagine
living a better life and God says I got something in store for you that you can't imagine and it's
not going to be by your power it's going to be by my power so son daughter let's go it's not about
our strength thank God it's about his realize when we choose not to worry it's a step of faith
we simply say God instead of worrying I'm going to choose to trust you I don't need to know how
it's all going to work out I don't have to have the blueprints of how you're going to deliver me
I don't have to intellectually or logically reason things out I don't have to have this
specific timetable I just know that you're a good father and I'm in the palm of your hand and that
you're in control of my life and you're well able to take care of me so like a little child I choose
to trust you and not give in to the temptation to worry trust God to take care of you George Mueller
that great man of Faith said this worry starts where Faith ends worry and Faith don't coexist
because if you're worried you're not trusting God and if you're trusting God you're not worried
do you know what the most commanded most repeated command I'm sorry in all of the Bible is
do not fear don't be afraid don't worry fear not
even by saying do not worry he is implying I got you by saying do not worry he's implying I got you
and if he's not he's not a good God what I mean if he's saying hey don't worry but you
know I don't really don't have you covered he would not be a good Heavenly Father
what kind of God says hey don't worry and then says but you're on your own
does that make any sense he's clearly saying I got you I'm promising to provide for your needs
he's already proven it that the links that he'll go to to provide for your needs
including your ultimate need includes giving the life of his only son dying in your place
that there is no greater amount of love someone could have there is no even ability for us to
comprehend the love that God has for us the Bible says it's literally something you have
to pray God when you help me to comprehend more of it because you're such you're a
God who loves me so much I cannot on my own comprehended that's Ephesians chapter 3
but if we were honest most of us often fail to believe that struggle to believe that man
God you really you love me more than any human love I've ever seen expressed towards a child
and the God who's there says I got you I promise I will provide for you as it's been said many times
we do not know what tomorrow holds as Christians but we are the only people in the world who know
the one who holds tomorrow and every tomorrow after it and he said I got you you can trust me
I got you maybe one of the most encouraging truths in all of scripture is that you belong to God
you are his he will be there for you he is not ashamed of you he is proud of you
he loves you and he will embrace you and sustain you you don't have to be afraid because you belong
to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords when you pass through the waters I will be with you
when you pass through the rivers it will not sweep over you you will face trouble there's no avoiding
that it's going to happen but listen to me it is not going to destroy you you won't drown in the
flood because you are going to make it through you will persevere and you will overcome not because
you are talented or strong or smart or special but because you are not alone God is with you
when the doctor gives you a bad report God is with you when your spouse leaves you God is with
you when you lose your job God is with you when your friends turn their backs on you God is with
you when your bank account is empty God is with you when people treat you wrong God is with you
when your car breaks down God is with you when tragedy strikes God is with you when the stock
market crashes God is with you and that's why you don't have to be afraid no matter what happens no
matter what you face God promises to be with you and then there's more when you walk through the
fire you will not be burned the flames will not set you ablaze the fire may be hot but you will not
be destroyed because I am with you I will watch over you and protect you and see you through