No Need For Worry

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles but today of its strengths. Fear is faith in the enemy’s abilities! We live our lives not simply according to what we know, but what we really believe. How we walk with our feet of clay on the hot pavement of life evidences what we truly believe.

Please swell my soul with belief and help me trust emphatically in Your deliverance, O God my Savior (Psalm 78:18-22). Do not be far from me, O Lord my Champion, for trouble is near and there is no one to help (Psalm 22:11). I sometimes feel others conspire against me and the enemy plots to take my life. But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands (Psalm 31:13-16).

Some say that to worry is to sin, since God told us not to worry. The fact is that worry doesn’t add any time to your lifespan, or boost your health, or increase your popularity. There really is no good that comes from worry. Yet how hard it is to let go of the controls and not worry about any outcomes. We are told to sit back and enjoy the ride while God drives us home.

Help me, Lord Jesus, to take Your yolk upon me and to learn from You; for You are gentle and humble in heart, and I will find rest for my soul in You (Matthew 11:29). Lord God, I have the assurance of Your Word that You, the Great God of All Grace, who Yourself has called me to Your eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after I have suffered a little while, will Yourself restore me and make me strong, firm and steadfast (1 Peter 5:10). You, O Lord, love me with an everlasting love; You have drawn me with loving-kindness (Jeremiah 31:3).

How great is Your goodness, O Lord, which You have stored up for those who fear You; which You bestow in the sight of all men on those who take refuge in You (Psalm 31: 19). The Lord has come to rescue me from the hand of my enemy, and to enable me to serve my Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all my days (Luke 1:74-75).

Now, just as I trusted Christ Jesus to save me, I can trust Him also for each day’s problems; I choose to live in vital union with Him. I can let my roots grow down into Him and draw up nourishment from Him.

I let the peace of Christ Jesus rule in my heart, since as a member of His body I was called to peace (Colossians 3:15) and I refuse to worry about anything.

Lord God, help me to remember You when I go to bed (Psalm 63:6). Occupy my thoughts through the watches of the night, because when my mind is on You I don’t worry about other things.

I refuse to worry about anything. God is on my side. God is in me now. Who can be against me and win? (Romans 8:31)