Anxiety

"Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank Him for His answers..." Philippians 4:6

I think historians might consider calling our era "the age of anxiety." Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered around anything short of God and His will for us.  When we make anything else our goal, frustration and defeat are inevitable.

Though we may have less to worry about than previous generations (at least in my opinion...), we have more uneasiness.  Though we may have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious. Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, but a furrowed brow is the insignia of modern man.

God has never promised to remove all our troubles, problems, and difficulties.  In fact, sometimes I think the truly committed Christian is in conflict with the society around him more than any other person.  Society is going in one direction, and the believer in Christ is going in the opposite direction.

This brings about friction and conflict.  But God has promised, in the midst of trouble and conflict, a genuine peace, a sense of assurance and security, the worldly person never knows.

I will be praying for the Lord Jesus to teach me how to keep my eyes centered on Him rather than on myself and my anxieties.  That He would help me to allow Him to give me peace of heart and mind in all I experience through this life.