Anxiety is Anti-God
Philippians 4:6-7
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
God is a God of peace. In the book of Romans, Paul writes about the fact that Jesus died for us that we might have peace with Him (Romans 5). God has gone to great lengths to give us peace. He is the God of peace. Jesus came to make peace through His blood. One of the fruits of the Spirit is peace. God wants us to be at peace with each other and with Him and with our circumstances of life. I write this after being in Texas for three extra days due to flight cancelations. God does not want anxiety in our lives. He has gone to great extent to make anxiety taboo to us. We usher in God’s peace through prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. We are to take what we worry about and turn it over to God for His sovereign care and protection and intercession. As we realize that God has all things in His hands, we can be more peaceful and restful. God wants us to know that He is there to “guard” our hearts and minds from anxiety. Anxiety truly is anti-God. God does not work or rejoice in anxiety. We can rejoice that He is in control and wants us to lean into Him in prayer, with thanksgiving. That is tough to do in our human strength. This is where faith comes into view. We must make sure that we are believing that He truly does control all aspects of our lives. (Including our travel.). Rejoice in His scare and allow His peach to “guard” our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
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