Anxious about an outcome?  Feeling a bit frenzied today?  Running on empty?  Feeling uneasy due to constraints of health or personal issues?   Feeling upset thinking, “I’m filled with faith and follow the LORD, so how could I be feeling this way?”

Relax!  We’re only human, we are flesh, and therefore at times our flesh as opposed to our spiritual selves react accordingly.

All of us  will experience during one time or another the threshold of “anxiety, nerves, and worry.”  We might start beating up on ourselves considering the scripture that states emphatically… “there is no fear in perfect love” — for fear causes torment.   (1 John 4:18)  

But how blessed we are to have a “gracious, loving, and understanding God” who realizes that we are far from perfect.  That it’s not only natural, but something we can’t avoid while in our flesh bodies, no matter how much faith we bolster and adhere to.  It will happen from time to time, there’s no question about that.  The question then becomes, “How do we handle it? And, what methods, if any do we apply toward the handling of such stressful and hard tribulations?”

Well, we turn to the LORD with all of our heart and trust Him to lead us out of it.  We place our full acknowledgment of self to Him and turn it over to Him unconditionally, and know that HE WILL help us through it.

We ask for Him to deliver us from the negative, although normal moments of despair, and look to the One and only who can resolve our issues, whether it’s reversing them, or carrying us through to the next phase.

He is our everything for anything in life.  And, when we have the spiritual connection to Him and aspire to incorporate Him into our daily activities, every single moment of the day, we’ll get through it.  He promises us that over and over again in His book of Love…the Bible.

Being armed with the Word is half the battle.  The other is the LORD’s for He is the One that will go before us, and do battle for us, and bring us through it all.  He encourages us with His words, “ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” (Joshua 1:9)

He commands us…when God gives a command, we better sit up and take notice!

So, my brothers and sisters…during these trying times, and during your hours of adversities, trials, and temptations…remember—don’t get discouraged if you fall short of perfection, after all there is ONLY ONE PERFECT BEING…and He is with us always!

Now, I ask you this…isn’t that comforting and uplifting?  Amen!

 

 

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” 

 

Deuteronomy 31:6