Anxiety
(my random thoughts)
Matthew 6:25-33
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But n seek first o the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Anxiety: something that worries somebody: a subject or concern that causes worry
Stress is considered the number one cause of diseases in other words (dis)ease. It is the root cause of many illnesses and pains.
God warns us in His scriptures that we are not to worry about anything or in other words to be anxious, because its out of Anxiety that the body is worn down and falls into fatigue. Satan is the greatest deceiver. He will even deceive the very elect to work, work, work as if, “if you work hard God will reward you even more“… LIE! Jesus says his yoke is easy and His burdens are light… if you spend so much time working and trying to make things happen on your own is that trusting God? You have to really think… does God really want you to work sooooooooooo much if His burdens are easy? In our world today we are programmed that if you don’t work hard then you don’t eat,. When The scripture talks about work its not necessary talking about working a 9 to 5 but rather working effectively in all areas of your life from your personal relationship with God to your relationship with your family etc. now would God bless you with a Job that takes up 40-60 hours of your week keeping you away from Him and from your family which he commands comes first??? God will never and I repeat never give you anything that will jeopardize your health, your family and your relationship with Him NEVER NEVER NEVER… but I know who will…. SATAN. Not everything that glitters comes from God. Most of the things that glitter comes from satan built and aimed to completely wear you down until your body caves in… working hard doesn’t prove you trust God, working effectively does and that is having positive results in your own life, your families life and all other areas…
Many of us say we trust God but never let Him work on anything… we stay up long hours, we work countless hours on our dreams and visions, we build so much anxiousness that when the results of our labor comes our body’s are to tired to enjoy them…
God never intended it for us to work hard, to work long he wanted us to work effectively and efficiently… it is a person that works smarter that works more efficient than someone who works harder…
I just got this revelation like last week LOL, I was the type of person that felt like I got to do this I have to do that, every time I got an Idea I felt like I had to stay up and produce it. So I would spend hours upon hours “working for the Lord” when all actually I was working for satan. I was like a little mouse on a wheel running hard but going no where… see not every Idea is a God idea. We have creative abilities and from our own capabilities we can create great ideas but those ideas might not be from God. In other words not everything that comes to your mind needs your immediate attention as if God wrote on the wall or something… satan loves to have us soooooooooooooooooooooooo B.U.S.Y. (Being Under Satans Yoke) that we work hard doing everything else but what God wants us to do…
My question to you is….
What is it that God wants you to do NOW?
What you are doing now could be something that originated from satan or could be something that God wants you to pull off the shelf later…
what He wants you to do now will benefit you later but doing something he doesn’t want you to do will never benefit you later…
working with out preparation gets you no where…
Planning and preparation is what God wants many of us to do now… planning, while being led by the Holy Spirit, preparing and molding our characters and establishing standards. These things are what we should be working on now.
The Bible says for us not to worry about things or even tomorrow. He tells us to focus on His kingdom and His righteousness.
Things and tomorrow are the two main things why we work so hard. It is rare to hear someone say they are working towards the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, they may say they are but deep down within the corridors of their heart beats the anticipation of getting things (cars, houses, spouse, etc) and tomorrow (career, fame and recognition).
Think hard about what you are spinning the wheel for… we are running this race not for things or for the hopes of tomorrow but for the advancement of Gods kingdom…
He says seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness and the rest will be added. Not the Bentley’s or the mansions but the necessities of life.
Satan loves for our motivations to be monetary successes . This is why his world system is so full of pawns that flaunt diamonds, cars, houses, opportunities and what not, having us say with our mouthS “oh I’m seeking first the kingdom” but that crap camouflages the true intentions of the heart which is money, money and more money.
(more money more problems)
He clearly says you can not serve two masters, either you will hate one or love the other you can not serve both God and money…
You know what’s so unique about this scripture is that these two are the supreme “providers” one you “trust” to be your “provider” and the other you “use” to provide for yourself… we are either trusting God to provide for us or we are trusting ourselves.
Whose your God??? You or God?
You by worrying or being anxious cant do anything, nothing, zilch for yourself. He even says you cant even add a span or an hour to your own life but when we trust in God we can do everything…
Now I know IT IS HARD TO TRUST GOD I know, it took me 23 years to really trust Him, but I had to realize that I had to renew my mind and understand that he knows what’s best for me. I had to understand that doing anything outside of God’s timing that doesn’t include planning or spiritual development is time being and energy being wasted. Satan loves for us to work work and work to a goal or a target that doesn’t exist. He wants us to spin the wheels like a pet mouse and run hard but end up no where, he wants us BUSY doing everything but what God wants us to do. He wants you weary tired and broken.
Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burdens are light. He wants to direct your paths. God works through patience and faith. The old hymn says He may not come when you want Him but he will be there right on time, He’s an on time God yes He is… this song is so true the reason why he never comes when we want Him is because when we want Him to come it is probably to facilitate our selfishness or pride, such as God can you give me a car, or can you curse this person, or can you bless me with this person or that thing etc. He will only come when faith and patience is at work in our lives. He is only going to come when faith has an opportunity to grow in your life. He is only going to come when he sees that you are patient and content in who he is, who you are and what you have…
Today be anxious for nothing, live life in the arms of God because he knows where to take you. Completely abandon everything and trust in Him… and remember stress and worry kills!
