Eliminating Anxiety!

We often look for input from others when we want to resolve perseverance in our understanding; especially in the areas of our lives where we struggle the most. We all melee in one form or another until peace betters our carnal understanding; “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7)   

Faith kicks in, we believe God for the victory and if we stay the course we witness the strongholds shackle smashed through our persuasion in Christ’s victory on the cross, which eventually frees the individual in their struggle. We are not alone in our struggles and there is a need for brawls in our live for it teaches us endurance; “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” (Hebrews 10:36)

God’s Words are a light to our footsteps, the lamp which lights our steps is always at arm’s length and when our vision becomes clouded it is easy for the Christian, with intent, to page through God’s written Word. Before long the road that began to look daunting is no long dark and scary but well illuminated with every hole and trap exposed so that they are easily avoided. This is one of this reasons I have learnt to love God’s Word; the Bible is the greatness guide of all. A dead book to those who are spiritually blind but for us who have been saved by the blood of the Lamb a lifeline for our daily existence; it is fascinating that two people can read the same text and it will be death to the unsaved and life to the saved, God’s perfect brilliance evident!

I suppose for my Christian brothers and sisters in Christ my encouragement would be this; we must learn to trust God’s Word even the more as we see that day approaching. Instead of wrestling with certain truths that we are taught let us rather seek out God the Holy Spirits power to implement what we are shown with less resistance. Here is an example; “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6) – This verse has been high up on my priority list for a long time now and yet it amazes me how often it looks to haunt me. Anxiety looking to rob me of my peace in God! So our circumstances rear their heads and get us to panic in some area of our lives, we then forget what we have been taught not to be anxious and before long panic sets in leaving us with raw fingernails. I guess this happens to all of us to some degree; however when the road becomes frightening every Christian has the right to stretch out their hand and to flip through the pages of the written Word which will trim our sails! It will readjust our skewed perceptions! Jesus Christ our Lord has made a way for us, praise His name! There is nothing you can do that will exclude you from the privilege of approaching God’s throne room of grace. So long as we all come in confidence and with humility!

You may be saying to yourself I have made terrible mistakes, and I will say who hasn’t. A sick man needs a doctor; the Lord Jesus came to save sinners and not the self-righteous. The God-Man, Jesus Christ, the One who knew no sin and yet be became sin so that we could go free. Never forget that we were the enemies of God when that happen but now we are the sons of God!  

Instead of fighting with God’s written text let us rather learn like little children to appropriate it in faith and to trust our God. You needn’t look far back in your Christian walk to know that what I say is true, that time when God came to your rescue, when you let go and let God! It is good for us to be reminded of such epic events in our lives. It helps to recharge our souls.

It is time for us to become adults in Him, we needn’t be surprized when the screws are tighten and we feel the pressure of life bearing down on us; look at these verses; “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it.” (2Timothy 3:12-14) - We needn’t ask questions like why? We have been informed!

Our perfect God is working everything out in our lives for our good; let us learn to rest in this truth! – “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (Romans 5:3-5)

Signing off

Tyrone