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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. (Martin Luther)
Luther also told us to 'pray and let God worry'. Maybe one of the hardest things for us to come to appreciate is how much we like to worry and really don't take that worry to God until we are all 'worried out'. Jesus reminds us, "So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today." (Matthew 6:31-34)
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace - not in our own ability or intelligence. It isn't about what we CAN do as much as it is about what God WILL do. We focus on the "I Can't", but God tells us to focus on the "He will". What gives you the greatest angst? Is it a wayward son or daughter? Could it be the state of your loved one's health? Might it be the instability in our economy right now? Whatever it is, you will gain absolutely nothing trying to 'fix' it through all your worrying. If you were to take it to God in prayer, truly leaving it in his hands, maybe the issue that gives you the greatest angst would have a different 'label' in your life. Instead of "I can't", it would bear the title "God can".
Tomorrow has its own worries, but we are constantly 'borrowing from those worries' by bringing them into our today. We keep a 'positive' balance on worries because we want to control what we cannot control. Leave those worries in tomorrow's account, allowing God to deal with today's present issues. He already has a solution you don't see yet. You just need to let him have free access to those things. Pray, and let God worry. Luther was spot on with that one. Pray - lay it all out before him, including the truth that you want to 'control' the scenario. Then trust him to reveal himself strong on your behalf - with a bigger, bolder 'finish' to the scene than you could ever imagine or work out on your own. Remember, when we 'can't', God 'will'. Just sayin!
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