Why Should I Worry or Fret?

  • 7 March 2022

If you watch the news or go out at all, you will find plenty of reason for worry. Gas prices continue to rise (as do flights and everything else that is affected by a gas hike), things that were already over-priced cost even more now, there is talk of war in other countries. It can be easy to think that we are gearing up for an end-time apocalypse. These are the times that we should turn off the TV and read God’s Word.

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ~Isaiah 41:10

So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” ~Hebrews 13:6

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ~Luke 12:27

It is one thing to be aware of what is going on in the world. It’s another to be obsessed with it. The greatest need right now is for God’s people to hear His voice in order to know how to pray and how to act. Worry accomplishes nothing, and I know for myself that it is simply a sign of selfishness that I hate to admit lies within me. Fear and worry are indications that we don’t trust God as much as we say we do. Bill & Gloria Gaither nailed it when they wrote:

He holds the future in the palm of His Hand,
And He has never failed me yet,
I know He is reigning and still has control,
So why should I worry or fret?

That’s the question we need to be asking ourselves.

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