Raise your hand if you’ve ever worried about something. I don’t know about anyone else, but there are times when I struggle with anxious thoughts, and I tend to be a worrywart. Maybe your mind automatically jumps to how a situation will become a catastrophe, and you struggle with the replay in your mind. For you, if it rains, a giant storm looms on the horizon, and you worry it might flood the area. If a boss wants to meet with you, fretting gives way to panic. If someone doesn’t answer a phone call or text, you convulse with anxiety that the person must be hurt or worse.
The what-ifs of life can become terrifying when we let them swallow us whole. But on top of that, the Bible said not to be anxious about anything. And yet, we worry we’ll never be able to apply such a principle.
I don’t think God intends us to be careless or thoughtless but rather to trust Him. When we truly trust that God is in control, knowing His promises are true, our hearts beat with hope despite the cares, thoughts, concerns, worries, and anxieties. Shortness of breath should not control us.
