A Thought About Worry

With all the activities of church, family, chores around the house, the kids, the whole divorce front, I tend to worry a lot about how I'll get everything done and whether everything will work out all right.  I am tempted to worry about a lot of things. It may seem to an observer that I translate the verse that says, "Don't worry about tomorrow, for your heavenly Father will take care of you" into "Worry your head off about tomorrow for if you don't, things won't turn out right."  Too often I forget that God has promised to take care of all my problems, and He's the only one who has the power to change a situation for me anyway. In fact, it's actually an insult to God for me to worry, because I'm saying, "God, I don't think you can handle this situation, so I'm going to worry about it."

1 Peter 5:7 says:  Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.

Not only is worry needless for a Christian, but it's also a waste of time.

Someone wrote of worry:

40% will never happen, for anxiety is the result of a tired mind.

30% concerns old decisions which cannot be altered.

12% centres in criticisms, mostly untrue, made by people who feel inferior,

10% is related to health which only worsens while you worry.

8%  is 'legitimate,' showing that life does have real problems which may be met head on when we

have eliminated senseless worries.

For example, worry can have a positive perspective. It can prove that I really am interested in a friend or a person God has given to me, or that I really care about a situation. Knowing what to do with that worry is what's important.

If I turn my worry into faith, my faith can be as strong as my worry was. One prayer does more good than many times that amount of time spent worrying. I need to pray for the faith necessary to control or overcome worry.  To make the most of my worry I have to turn it over to God to work everything out. Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. Philippe Melanchton once said, 'Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer drives away trouble and perplexity."

Phil 4:6  Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers.

That's all for now