Anxiety

Anxiety is now the number one mental health problem around the world, and it is still increasing. Because humanity has been gifted with the capacity to imagine an uncertain future, more and more people experience anxiety. This is especially true when triggered by the overwhelming fear of the inability to support and feed one’s family. That alone, can cause many people a considerable amount of anxiety.

Those who know Christ should not be consumed with worry and fear, because they know that God will provide for them. Please do mot mistake this as a promise of a trouble-free life, but an opportunity to trust Him for our needs no matter what tomorrow brings.

In Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus teaches us that the same God Who gave us life, will surely sees that it is sustained.  It has always amazed me how people will claim to trust God for their salvation but refuse to trust Him for His daily provision. As we begin to understand God’s sovereign care for us, that should create an unshakable trust in His provision. Only sound teaching and personal experience can build that kind of trust.

We’ve all had those people who say, “If you ever need anything, or I can help you in anyway, just let me know!” Ever call them on that? I have and heard more excuses than you can imagine! Go through real difficulty and you’ll quickly find out who your real friends are.

In the same way, what good is a profession of faith if it’s never been put to the test?

Is it any wonder why James 1:2-4, says “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

I assure you that God is intricately involved in every aspect of our lives, even when we don’t understand what He’s doing!