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All of us have sometime or other undermined our faith by assuming a role that is not conducive to our spiritual stability and growth. One of the ingredients we mix into the challenges of life is the emotion called “WORRY.” It has caused detours in our life’s journey. It has even caused health challenges to our houses of clay. This little word has elevated circumstances into a fearful and exaggerated status. WORRY has brought both a direct and indirect challenge to God’s authority and power. WORRY is like the hole in the boat that continues to allow an invasion of circumstances that will affect the stability of the vessel. WORRY activates our human nature to the point of questioning our divine nature. Soon we begin to magnify the situation to the point that we micromanage the challenge. WORRY is the antidote to faith. The Believer was never meant to exhibit the characteristics of the unregenerate, yet we exhibit them more than we like to admit. Many of our emotions are keyed to denying the sovereignty of God by promoting human understanding. Instead of trusting God and taking Him at His Word, we rely on reason and trusting in ourselves. Try rewinding your life’s experiences and see incidences where you used WORRY to face your challenges. How did WORRY work for you? Did it have a positive effect on the situation? Were you able through the use of WORRY to ease your concern? Did WORRY help you overcome your exaggerated situations?
WORRY is Satan’s faith word. He loves to get our eyes on the problem rather than on the answer. He loves to go to the cemetery and dig up our old nature. He wants to see the “old man” resurrected. He wants us to see only the things that are visible. He wants to take the little things in life and make them into a tsunami that will wash away our faith in God. WORRY, fear, anxiety, anger, and depression, which were once buried with our old nature, are presented to us like a reunion with a long lost friend. WORRY tends to question God’s ability to fulfill His promises. WORRY causes us to cross our fingers instead of folding them in reverence. WORRY wants us to put our hands in our pockets instead of lifting our hands in praise.
The Bible makes it clear that God has everything under control and that means everything! We are commanded to cast all our care on Him who cares so much for us. (I Peter 5:7) That means transference of all our problems to Him. We are not to be ignorant of Satan’s devices. (II Corinthians 2:11) That means we should never be surprised at what Satan tries to do in our lives. The Bible teaches us not to be concerned with such things as our physical stature or what we should eat or wear. (Matthew 6:25-34) That means we should not WORRY about tomorrow, for God has already made provision for those needs and concerns.
It comes down to whom are we going to believe? Do we trust in Satan and his suggestions or do we trust God and His absolutes? Satan says to trust in ourselves, while God says to trust in Him. Satan tells us to lean on our own understanding, while God tells us to lean on Him. (Proverbs 3:5,6) It really is a question of whom do we trust? The next time WORRY desires our attention, let us be so full of faith that there is no room for WORRY.
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