Worry is one of my very worst strongholds. Planning ahead can quickly turn into plain
ole’ fashioned worry if you ain’t careful.
My definition of worry is (a planning thought gone into
hyper drive).
Worry is like a crashing airplane that never hits the earth,
the horrible feelings of impending doom resound constantly without the finality
of “the crash” the plane is eternally
crashing, it never ends…it is self torture!!!!
Please stop!
I struggle from time
to time with worry even now, but my walk with Christ has eased this
enormously.
Worry is an enormous
waste of time. 90% of the things we
worry about never come to pass. If we worry enough we can think bad things
into existence. If we worry about having
a bad day, then we probably will have one! Worrying accomplishes nothing because the situation typically has not come to pass
yet; and if it has, little can be done to un-do what has come to pass when you
just sit and fret! Worry can weaken your
mind enough to where the evil one can start flipping switches and influencing
your thoughts…YIKES!!
Yes, you can
actually worry yourself sick. You can also be worried to death!
“Well brother Tom…what do I do then”
Pray about the situation and admit to Christ that you have fallen victim to worry and doubt.
Get to work!
Worrying never gets anything done, if you are worrying it is
a sure sign that it’s time to get
something done.
If the situation is in
physical existence,
and if you can, and if it is safe and will not cause
harm get off your tail and run
to the problem if it is possible. Face
it!
If the situation has not come to pass yet or if
it is unsafe to confront the situation,
do not give the opportunity for Satan to create turmoil.
Pray until you have prayed! Under girding the situation in prayer helps enormously!
Give the situation to Christ. No, you don't bring it to
Christ and leave it, that won't work. No, all the thoughts won't go totally
away, BUT Christ can take the load off. His yoke is easy! What this means is he
will take the weight off so that the load is lighter..."his yoke is easy!
Walk in freedom!
Matthew 11 (Today's New International
Version)
28 "Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my
yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light."
Some other tidbits
Worry in the dictionary it is defined as…
1. to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing
thoughts; fret.
2. to move with effort: an old car worrying uphill.
–verb (used
with object)
3. to torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble;
plague.
4. to seize, esp. by the throat, with the teeth and
shake or mangle, as one animal does
5. to harass by repeated biting, snapping, etc.
6. a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or
anxiety.
7. a cause of uneasiness or anxiety; trouble.
A word from the bible on worry
Matthew
6: 25
to 34 (Today's New International Version)
Do Not Worry
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in his entire splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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