August 16, 2021: Our Anxieties & Worries Can Be Crippling to Our Walk with Our God. What Can We Do?

In the Book of Philippians, the Apostle Paul addressing these very issues of worrying and being anxious over the struggles of this world. Every day, there is going to be something we need...money, food, clothing, a better job. All these things can become overwhelming if these are the only things we are seeking for in our lives.

Philippians 4: 6-7 (NKJV)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

We are to pray in every situation "with thanksgiving" to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Being thankful when we pray to God, is saying to ourselves that we are trusting God no matter what His answer will be, because He knows what we need and what we do not need.

In the Book of Matthew, Jesus addresses the needs of our lives as well. Read the following in Matthew:

Matthew 6: 31-34 (NKJV)

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

We are to seek after God's kingdom and His righteousness in our lives first and He will provide all the other necessities for our lives. And there lies the problem. We want what we want when we want it. We tend to put God second in our lives, in our families and turn to Him only when times get desperate.

So how do we seek first God's kingdom for our lives? How do make God a priority for our lives, in our everyday living? To answer these questions, all I can do is let you know what I do daily. Make it my duty, my desire to start every day with God's Word. Would read my daily devotional from "Our Daily Bread " and then read the suggested reading to be able to read the complete bible in a year's time.

I have done this since my "absolute surrender" to my Lord since November of 2013. From that time over the last seven years, I have found a love for God I have never had over my first 35 years as a Christian. I have found a communion with my Creator that He always intended me to have with Him.

This relationship with God has given me a sense of need, want and especially love, that fulfills the depths of my soul. This depth of love began first and foremost with my "absolute surrender" to Him.

PERSONAL COMMITMENT:

We must learn to put aside our personal feelings and wants we struggle with and learn to lean on the promises of God. God's promises must supersede our feelings of worries and anxieties that we face daily and come to rest on the very attributes of who God is.