 Unlike me, Jesus doesn't offer His bride quick solutions. Don't talk, just listen. That's an important lesson I've learned (and am still working on) during the nearly 14 years I've been married. You would think I'd have picked it up sooner seeing I have a perfect example in Jesus of what it looks like to listen. Aren't you glad we have a Father who hears us? When I have a lot on my heart and want to talk to God, I know that He listens when I draw near to Him in prayer. I just know that He is there and I can talk to Him, whatever the state of my heart. But what if He interrupted me after the first few seconds of talking to Him and started offering advice and solutions to the needs I bring before Him (I'm not saying it can never happen that way, He is Sovereign afterall)? Or, vice versa. What if He wants to talk to me and all I'm doing is rambling and concerned about my own agenda? Do our prayers sometimes go wrong because we insist on trying to talk to God when He wants to talk to us?  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. - (Phillipians 4:6) Do not be anxious about anything.
Really Paul? Anything? It's tough. It seems nearly impossible. But God's Word is established and valid for us today. In the original Greek, the term for anxious refers to a care that distracts and causes you to draw in different directions. Sounds pretty accurate, wouldn't you say? Part of the answer to coping with anxiety has to do with our conditioned response to it. |
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