To lead a significant life

What ? Me Worry? Pt two

Have you ever fully committed yourself to Gods safekeeping?

In order to conquer the human frailty of worry, we must do exactly that, as there is no plan and no method that can be successful for the Christian short of the full surrender to the knowledge of Gods will and plan for every area of you life.

Committing to Gods safekeeping requires that we grow in the knowledge of God and our love for Him.

The only way that we can truly accomplish that purpose is to study the Scriptures, pray and meditate upon Gods promises to His faithful people. (Romans 15:4)

We must be realistic.

True peace of mind does not depend on solving all the problems, righting all the wrongs, removing all of the imperfections, or in getting all that we want. (Ecclesiastes 8:16-17)

Some things just will not change and we need to be realistic enough to accept that.
There are real problems that have no solutions
There are situations that must simply be lived through

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook (Proverbs 19:11)

Realistic knowledge of our own limitations ought to cause us to relax and slow down

There is an art to getting things done and an equally noble art of leaving things undone.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials (Gladstone)

We must learn to let go of some problems and allow the Lord to be in charge of them (1 Peter 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6)

Be flexible

Change is inevitable: we must learn to be resilient, adaptable, adjustable (Philippians 4:11-12)
Under stress, if we cannot learn to bend, we will surely break.

Our faith must remain only in Him who changes not.

While there are some things that we must resist without compromise, wisdom can tell us when to change and when to hold our ground.

Focus on the good cares, and minimize the unnecessary ones.

We tend to become distracted by many relatively unimportant cares, and don’t care enough about the things we should. (Matthew 13:22)

Whenever the mind is distracted by many pursuits, it derives little benefit from any of them.
Really only one thing is necessary (Luke 10:41-42, Matthew 6:33-34)
Learn to live one day at a time.

Proper use of today diminishes anxiety about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34)

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its worries and sorrows, it only empties today of its victory’s

Worry is the interest that is charged against troubles before they are eliminated

The larger part of our fear will turn out to be unfounded
Winston Churchill was credited with saying “I have had a lot of trouble in this life, most of which never happened.”

Stay busy

Anxiety and idleness accompany each other
Despair often is a form of laziness

Blessed is the person who is too busy in the daytime to fret, and too sleepy in the nighttime to worry.

Much good can be done, even in adversity, if we will only concentrate on the things that can be accomplished, and disregard the things that cannot be done.

There is no tranquilizer as effective as the knowledge that we have done our best and there is no pillow as soft as a good conscience.

Learn to be content.

Contentment is a lesson that Paul had to learn (Philippians 4:11-13)

We should learn to rejoice in the Lord, which we can easily do when we learn to continually count our blessings. (Philippians 4:4-6)

The Christian should be able to see the silver lining behind the darkest cloud.

When discontent is the rule in a life, that Christian may lose his very soul because of it.(1 Timothy 6:6-8, Hebrews 13:5-6)

Anxiety can come because of having too much, as well as having too little (Ecclesiastes 5:12)

Wealth can be measured in ways other than possessions, it can also be seen in the things that we can do without.

Whenever problem cause anxiety in us , the best thing that we can do to bathe the problems is to express a spirit of reverence and gratitude.

In all of our anxiety and cares the Christian is given the means to deal with all of it.

We are promised a peace that comes only through prayer (Philippians 4:6-7)
We are promised a reassuring confidence that can only be found in trusting in God (Psalms 23:1-6)

Whenever the feelings of insecurity, helplessness and isolation arise, we should……
Focus on trusting in the God who loves us

Read and remember the Scriptures, be realistic, be flexible, focus on the good, minimize unnecessary distractions, and learn to live one day at a time, staying busy and learning to be content.