The Remedy For Worrying

If you are a person that tends to worry, one of the hardest things to correct in your life is to not worry.

I know because I have spent most of my life worrying. I praise God for bringing me a long ways from the obsessive worrier I use to be.

Even though I have made a lot of progress and don’t fret as much about things as I use to, I still have the tendency to worry.

Worrying is nothing but a habit, a bad habit.

I worry mostly about that which is near and dear to me and that is my children.

I also worry about things that I think bring security, such as our finances.

I can sometimes worry about my future, thinking about my health and if it will hold up for me to enjoy my grandchildren.

How about you? What do you worry about?

There is absolutely nothing good that comes out of worrying. In fact, the Old English root of the word “worry” means “to strangle.” And guess WHO it’s strangling?  That’s right, you.

Worry has physical consequences, such as headaches, neck pains, ulcers, back pains, and the list goes on and on.

And then there’s the emotional relapses from this anguish -depression, anxiety, insecurity to name a few.

So why do we worry?

I believe most of us worry because of some deep rooted  fear that leads us to have a false sense of control. (Tweet this).

Another way to put it is that we fear something and then we think we can control that something and so we worry in the hopes of figuring out how to control it.

Sound crazy?  That’s because it is.

At the root of our anguish is the fear that God won’t show up. We are very subtly believing a lie that God will not provide or take care of us and our situation.

Basically worrying is a lack of faith.

Worrying is one of Satan’s traps for God’s people. If we spend our time fearing this or that, then we won’t be able to be the victorious warriors for the Kingdom of God that we are.

Worry zaps our joy.

Worry zaps our freedom.

Worry zaps our time.

Worry steals, kills and destroys all that God has and wants for you

 The only way to have victory over worry is to surrender it over to God.

Surrender it every minute of the day if you have to.

Trust in Jesus’s power in your life, not your own (1 Corinthians 2:5)

You will have to make a conscious choice of talking to Him about everything that is bothering you. So keep talking to Jesus and you will experience His peace replace your concerns.

Philippians 4:6-7 says: “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

It’s a choice to worry or not.

Control your thoughts.

Live in the present.

Focus on the facts that you have in front of you.

Surrender to God, pray and thank Him.

May the Lord bless you with His peace as you trust in Him with every detail of your life.

Leave me a comment below on what you worry about and  on how you handle your concerns.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.  Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.” ~ Proverbs 3:5-6