When we worry, we literally go through the motions of prayer, but we're ripping all the power out of it. We're not directing those thoughts to God and saying, hey, I'm worried about this election, hey, I'm worried about my kids, I'm worried about my infertility journey, I'm worried I'm not going to find somebody to marry. Instead of directing that to God, we simply meditate on it to ourselves as if we can somehow change the course of the future.
No wonder we're anxious and stressed. We must take the Word of God for what it says and trust that the God who is sovereign, the God who loves us, the God who died for us, actually wants to do what His Word says and give us freedom from worry, freedom from control, and freedom from anxiety.
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Originally published by @everywomanatheologian. Used with permission.
