If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
I trust the past two blogs have provided some necessary insight into fighting the battle against worry. In all of sacred Scripture, I cannot find a better verse to help in this fight than the one we have today.
The apostle Paul tells us we are more than conquerors because God is for us and if God is for us, it really doesn’t matter what comes up against us. That is why the key that unlocks the door to a week without worry is keeping our focus on Christ and not our circumstances. Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom knew this truth and put it this way, “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Worry weakens our resolve and our response to whatever it is we are facing.
Think about it this way. If the most important and life altering events are no longer a source of worry for you –
- Being forgiven – 1 John 1:9
- Being forsaken – Hebrews 13:5
- Being forgotten – Isaiah 49:15
. . . and death itself has been overturned by Jesus rising from the grave and becoming the death of death, nothing in your life rises to the level of the need for worry. God’s got you and God’s got “IT” whatever “IT” is. But there is a death that is still required and that is death to the self. The more you die to yourself, the more you can live for your Savior. The apostle Paul put it this way, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20). Paul trusted completely in Christ and that trust turned any opportunity to worry into an opportunity to witness to the faithfulness of his Lord.
One final point from the pen of the apostle Paul as we close out our week without worry, make sure you are advancing in your life from your knees and not your feet. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).
If God is for you . . . and He is . . . doesn’t it make sense that He would want to hear from you. Like any good father would want to hear from his children, your Heavenly Father wants to hear from you. And when you go to Him in prayer with whatever it is that is beginning to worry you, what you have done is exchange worry for worship, which is the true mark of the child of God.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 