I am not really a worrier but sometimes. . .<\/p>\n
(Matthew 6:34 NCV) So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Man, tomorrow gets heavy, and frightening when we try to live it today, or as with me sometimes in the middle of the night. Sometimes I wake up in a sweat, filled with anxiety.<\/p>\n
Do you have those times? Mine could be 5 am, could be 3 am. I am flooded with worry. Worried about one of my children. Worried about finances. Worried about my wife’s health. Pick one. Choose an area of life, and I feel I have been attacked in that area.<\/p>\n
It seems that the enemy is pounding me; knee in the gut.<\/p>\n
I need truth \u0096 fast!<\/p>\n
Chuck Swindoll says “Pray about everything; worry about nothing.” Even better, God says the same thing.<\/p>\n
(Philippians 4:6 MSG) Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I need that truth. It becomes my mantra in those spiritual firefights. Pray about everything; worry about nothing. Pray about everything; worry about nothing. Pray about everything; worry about nothing. And do I ever pray.<\/p>\n
And I get specific. I pray that God will help me be supportive of my disabled son who gives his utility money to charities. I pray that my daughter will have strength to go on in spite of severe health problems. I pray that my life-partner of 35 years stays around for a long while yet.<\/p>\n
\u0093Instead of worrying, pray.\u0094 That\u0092s what Paul wrote. True then and true now. I repeat this truth over and over. It’s like a lifeline, and I allow God to pull me closer and closer to: \u0093Give us this day our daily bread<\/u>\u0094 (Matthew 6:11 NKJV) .<\/p>\n
It\u0092s not just a nice idea, or a timely thing to say. It doesn\u0092t need a \u0093happy face\u0094 by it. It stands alone; it stands forever; it is the truth of God.<\/p>\n
I need to learn that I can trust God for tomorrow by trusting him right now.<\/p>\n
And I need to quit trying to carry tomorrow. I’m too old for this stuff.<\/p>\n
Okay, I think I can go back to sleep now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am not really a worrier but sometimes. . . (Matthew 6:34 NCV) So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Man, tomorrow gets heavy, and frightening when … Continue reading