“And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.... But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.”
When did we decide worrying is helpful? When did fear become our national pastime?
It has become our practice to wake up each morning expecting disaster. We blame the media for our paranoia, but the media is only a mirror. They sell fear because we buy it.
For some reason purchasing toilet paper and gasoline have been deemed the proper response to every threat. Logic has been abandoned and we choose anxiety every time. Prepare if you deem it necessary, but don’t be obsessed and fearful.
Time after time the manufactured predictions of disaster pass unfulfilled…Yet we continue to irrationally choose fear instead of faith.
And make no mistake, fear is a choice, and it does not come from God (2 Tim. 1:7). Each morning we have options…We can nervously approach the day standing in the quicksand of apprehension….Or we can stand on The Rock of faith and live joyfully.
Are there dangers out there? …Sure. There always have been. Does worrying about them make them go away? …No, so stop worrying.
Faith is the only road to peace.
So, choose…. Do you want to be suspicious and fearful today or do you want to be faithful and have joy? It is literally your choice… and it should be an easy one.
Pessimism and fear will not change tomorrow, but they will ruin today. Faith and Joy will not only improve today – they will also put you in the presence of the God who can change tomorrow.
Refuse to worry for one day…Don’t allow fear in your mind and actively reject it when it appears …Try it today and see what happens…It will enhance your day with a refreshing calmness – and it will bring light and peace to those around you.
Tomorrow is in bigger hands than yours… and those hands have nail scars on them that prove they love you. God made today …so make the decision to trust Him and rejoice and be glad in it.
You and God can face tomorrow, tomorrow.
“You do not know the gospel, dear friends, if you have not obtained peace through it; peace is the juice, the essence, the soul of the gospel.”
– Charles Spurgeon
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