Philippians 4:6-7
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of
worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into
prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of
God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and
settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry
at the center of your life.
The
Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by
permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois
60188. All rights reserved.
As I tucked Timothy into
bed, he was fretting about going to sleep in the dark. I told him, “You
worry too much!” “But I like to worry,” he replied. “Well, trust
me...” I answered. “It’s a waste of time!”
Even though he is
only six, I have begun to encourage Timothy to pray about his worries. I
know that the sooner he learns to do this, the better. And I speak
from experience as a life-long, expert worrier!
These are the
well-known “peace that passes understanding” scriptures in Philippians,
and I love how this translation describes that peace as “a sense of
God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good” to “come and
settle you down.” The more I learn to give my worries to God and rest
in this promise, the better – and less stressful – life gets. I’m
working hard to instill this same assurance in our little ones…and I
pray that it is so for you, as well.
Are you ready to give God your worries and live in His amazing and all-encompassing peace? Don’t you think it’s time you were?
©2015 Debbie Robus
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