I remember during my childhood, my sister saying frequently to me "you're such a worry wart!" I never did like hearing this from her and yet, she was telling me the truth. And sometimes, the truth is painful to hear.
Yesterday was a day where I found myself worrying about many things. The scripture tells us in Matthew 6 "not to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of it self." I memorized that verse, and the verse before it many years ago and had forgotten about it while I was allowing worry to take a hold of my mind. The verse just before the issue of worry says to "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you." Finally, after a day of worry, I confessed to a friend of mine that I was worried about many things - deadlines at the office, writing a 100 point paper for school by this weekend, everything going on I committed to this coming Sunday, etc. After this confession, I was reminded of God's instructions that I am not to worry about tomorrow.
In Proverbs 12.25, it says worry will wear a heart down. It certainly had done that to me and I allowed it to continue through the day yesterday.
Confession is a wonderful thing. Especially when I verbalize it out loud to God or to another person. It breaks the stronghold of what God calls sin in my life. So I gave my worry up last night after I confessed. Now today, it will take care of itself. I pray Lord, you would remind me of the verse on worry today and keep my mind and heart focused on You. Take care of the day for me.
This is my prayer and this is my plea!
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