"DON'T BE ANXIOUS!

"Do not be anxious about anything". Philippians 4:6. My friend, Life is uncertain but our God is not! We don't know what tomorrow hold, but we know who holds tomorrow. No matter what happens, God has the whole world in His hand. Do you know anxiety starts as a trickle, then creates a channel in our mind through which all our thoughts begins to flow. This is the same way a DAM breaks. Most of our anxieties fall into three categories. 1) ANXIETY about things we all face. Like aging, disability, retirement, loneliness, financial uncertainty, accidents, illness, losing a loved one, and death. 2) ANXIETY about things we all must do. Like making decisions, starting and ending relationships, whom to marry (Is this the right person), losing weight, changing careers, making a mistake. 3) ANXIETY reflecting our inner state of mind: These anxieties reveal how we feel about our ability to handle things; For example, fear of rejection can affect every relationship in our life. In order to avoid being hurt we shut others out, our world grows smaller and our opportunities for growth are inhibited. Our enemy Mr. Confusion himself (devil) will creep in these circumstances and immobilize us and he will steal our joy and make us hopeless, helpless, and depressed. But Bible says "Do not be anxious of anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks giving, present your request to God". Philippians 4:6-7. Couple of years ago, Captain "Sully" did an amazing job of landing a US Air flight on Hudson River without a loss of life. You think Pilot Sully said, "This is Captain speaking..in preparation for a crash landing into Hudson River, we'd encourage all of you to break into groups of two or three and pray that God will intervene in this Catastrophe? NO! NO ONE TOLD THEM TO PRAY, BUT REPORTS SAID EVERYONE WAS PRAYING BUCKLED DOWN IN THEIR SEAT. What I am saying, in the time of uncertainty we do somethings instinctively. IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WE KNOW WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? Just a reminder BUDDY, DON'T PANIC. Y'ALL HEAR!