Maybe you've heard that before but that’s exactly what philipians 4:6 says; “Be anxious for
nothing...” you know it’s easy to do what follows after that phrase “... but in
everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving make your request
known unto God...” naturally even the unbeliever will cry out for help when he
comes to a dead end in life, so the believer is not so different when he cries
out to God in times of need.
The difference however comes when we
put that scripture in its proper context, by that, the first thing we ought to
do is to be anxious for nothing,
that’s what makes our prayers effective: It’s
no use praying, if you’re going to pray and worry. Our heavenly father
loves us so much he not only dealt with our sins once and for all on the cross,
but he wants to deal with our concerns and anxieties on a per time basis.
No one said it will be easy to
ignore anxieties when they come, but let’s understand that our only labour as Christians
is the labour to remain in His rest:
“Let
us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same
example of unbelief.”
Heb 4:11
You see, God
calls unrest unbelief . It’s only natural to fret when that big exam is coming
up, it’s natural to worry when business is running slow and income is not forth
coming, and every one will understand, if you’re anxious about the failing
health of a loved one, but it’s divine when despite the circumstances, you
choose to be anxious for nothing and absolutely nothing, whether great or
small.
We don’t help anybody when we worry,
but we do them a world of good when we let God make the desired change, anxiety only prevents the interference of God in our situation. Jesus
said:
“... for
without me ye can do nothing”
We read that, but
what we interpret most of the time is; “without Him, I can’t do some of the
most important things in my life” you know, we expect Him to oversee the
seemingly big things in our lives and want to be responsible for the ones we
feel that we can handle, but it’s always peaceful when we let our responsibility
be a response to His ability working in us, here we see Him even in the
smallest things and this honours God.
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“Hey, so I just fold
my hands and do nothing, while my whole world comes tumbling down; I have to do
something or else nothing gets done!”
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Really? You’re alive,
did you do anything about that? No! Your priceless life was arranged by
your father who is more, far more than enough. That being said, my answer is
no, you’ll either be dead or paralyzed to not react when bad things happen.
The point is to
remove anxiety from your work process:
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... and take
them where?
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“Casting the whole of your care [all your
anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for
He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.”
1Pet 5:7 AMP
Yes, our loving
father wants us to throw all, absolutely all our concerns (once and for all) on
Him and we do this by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.
This way we give Him
the license to take over, while we take a bow. And when He takes over He takes
us over, because He’s our loving Jehovah, Hallelujah!
“And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Phil 4:7 NIV
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