May 17, 2013
I am one of the people who have heard that statement “don’t worry”
countless number of times. Truth is,
most times, my appearance would say “don’t worry” like the smooth surface of a
calm pond, but my inner world could be like a room filled with screaming
children.
Come to think of it, the first thing we all do when someone tells us
not to worry is to be more worried, right? Some of us are so good at worrying
that having nothing to worry about becomes a source of worry for us. I checked
online and found out that worry causes dry mouth, dizziness, rapid heartbeat,
irritability, muscle aches, diabetes, stroke and heart attack, not to mention a
variety of mental illness, damage to relationship and bad decisions based on
fear.
The corporate world is also not helping some of us as we tend to
always say “worst case scenario”. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against having
plan B, but my point is why can’t more energy go into “best case scenario”.
As children of God, we are supposed to be God’s answer to the worries
of the world; hunger, clothing, shelter and all.
Please take a moment and write on a plain sheet of paper “WORRY LIST”
and write all the things you worry about in there. Guess you are done, right?
Look at that list again and you will see that they are things that Christ has
made provisions for. Many of them don’t really
matter though. Some of them we can’t even control. Also, how will worrying
help? Worry comes in place the moment we shift our gaze away from Jesus.
Worry my friend, is the opposite of faith and without faith, it is
impossible to see those things which be not as though they are. Because His
word says “Casting all your care upon him; for He careth for you”, take a
moment and just give that worry list over to the Holy Spirit in prayer and I assure
you, He will fix them for you in Jesus Name. Amen!
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