What is it that keeps you up at night when you're laying in the bed and your mind won't
shut off what are you thinking about let me ask it a little bit differently what is it
that you're worried about maybe for you is can I pay my bills or this college debt that I've
accrued will I ever get out from underneath it am I going to be able to get a job when I get
out am I going to lose the job that I have am I going to be able to afford to retire
or maybe for you it's an aging parent or what's the doctor going to say the next doctor's
appointment or are my kids safe when they leave the house today maybe it's am I ever going to be
able to make a difference in this world so what is it that you're worried about do you have it
here's why I ask because what we worry about the most often reveals where we trust God the least
Jesus defines the problem so clearly Jesus says this Jesus says that the things that
you are most devoted to are the things that will determine what you worry about
see when Jesus taught on worry guess what topic he launched it with
money money money and the stuff related around money because in all honesty a lot
of people really worry about money they think they're going to run out of money
you know most people run out of life before they run out of money
and we're so concerned about money that we treat it like it's life
and Jesus has this way of pulling us back and saying wait a minute isn't life more than clothing
isn't life more than a job isn't life more than retirement
not that these things aren't important but are they life
so here's the issue do you trust in your heavenly father
see worriers are expressing little to no confidence or faith in God's willingness
and ability to take care of them in Psalm chapter 62 verse 7 and 8 the Psalmist talks about a God
who's trustworthy where he says this my salvation and my honor depend on whom not me they depend
on God he's my mighty rock and my refuge sounds like somebody who's not worried trust in him at
all times not some of the time not when you feel like it not just with your eternity not just with
part of the things he says what trust in him at all times you people pour out your hearts to him
your worries your fears pour them out to him why because God is our refuge the Psalmist understands
the truth and the truth that the Psalmist understands is this is that God is trustworthy
right God is trustworthy it's not what he does it's who he is he's deserving of our confidence
but there must be something to it because a lot of us struggle with it you guys admitted why do we
do it why are we so obsessed with it I think I I have to reflecting on this all week I think I know
we don't trust God we don't trust God we think that he's actually going to rip us off that
he's not who he says he is that he doesn't have good plans for us that he doesn't want
to bless us we think that he just wants to make life hard for us and so if we can just
take control of our life then it'll be better right if we take the reins then we can make
everything better we can solve all of our own problems and and make the world a better place
I think that's really the problem with a lot of us right we just hold on to these things and we
think that man if I just worry about enough I can really change it I can make it different
we're struggling because we're trying to control our lives and anything we're trying to store up
years stuff money that doesn't last is pulling us away from the God who does last and so what I want
to say is if how do we get away from controlling ourselves well we have to then submit ourselves to
God's care and when I submit myself to God's care I trust him as my father I trust him as my father
anxiety to me is simply me trying to be God in an area of my life that I know I'm not God
here's my challenge if right now you are overwhelmed with anxiety where are
you not trusting Jesus where are you not trusting him sooner or later your heart
is going to be full of the worries of this life and it's going to be empty of Jesus
listen what Peter says give all your worries and cares to God why because he cares about you
here's the thing we got to give it to God
and I go to God and I say God I don't understand I don't understand
I don't understand
but God does God understands
Jesus said this come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens
and I will give you rest
Jesus says come and work for me and I will lighten your load
why because he's humble and gentle at heart
and he says and then you will find rest for your soul
it's not our bodies that are crying out for rest it's our souls
let me tell you there's no greater freedom than discovering you're not God and that's okay
Jesus Is God and he's good with the stress that comes with the job
but here's the secret here's the key my anxiety is constantly rooted in what might happen
most of our worries have to do with allowing our minds to be ordered by thinking that is untrue
I think it was Mark Twain who said I have had many troubles
in my life most of them I have never experienced
you die a thousand deaths in fearing one
he points out that the root of worry is the absence of trust
at the end of verse 28 one little phrase o you of little faith
you see when the disciples worried what they were saying was God you can't be trusted in
this situation that's what worry really is God you cannot be trusted in this situation
worry proves you don't believe that God can take care of you worry is Faith In Fear think about
that worry is faith in fear worry drowns faith and hope worry is interest paid on trouble before
it ever happens one old man said quote most of the trouble I've had in my life never happened
how many of you done that you've worried about something and then it just didn't occur
don't worry period it's an absolute waste of time
worry is like a rocking chair it gives you something to do but it will not get you anywhere
God's word says don't worry about food fashions of the future why because he can supply anything
that you need he can supply anything that you need how do we know that our God is trustworthy
he's been faithful before and he's faithful today because God's faithfulness today
is not dependent on the absence of problems but on the presence of God in my life
and here's the thing we worry because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow
but the reality is we've never known what was going to happen tomorrow
every day of your life you've lived in uncertainty
your future has been uncertain every single moment of every single day of your life and God has
been faithful to you in your past uncertainty and he's been faithful to you again and again
and again and he will continue to be faithful to you in your life so why are you and I so worried
we get get so focused on the uncertainty that we think is in front of us
we don't keep our eyes fixed on our loving Heavenly Father
don't you believe that perhaps in the tomorrow that you have no control over the
God you take care of you and we know that God is trustworthy because he will be faithful tomorrow
he will be faithful tomorrow