Anxiety is the natural response to uncertainty.  As human beings we like to have control.  A loss of control and certainty always leads to anxiety.  Anxiety fuels the feelings of dread and apprehension.  And we all know that anxiety leads to stress, which leads to all sorts of spiritual AND physical ailments.  In today's world anxiety is at an all time high.  Whether it be geo-political instability, economic uncertainty, or the overwhelming doubt about what tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year hold.....anxiety is a true pandemic.Proverbs 12:25 says "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad"  Today on The Eternal Mindset, we are going to talk about our relationship to anxiety and how we can have the peace of God that passes understanding in order to overcome the anxiety this world throws our way.

What a troubled and treacherous world we live in today.  Mankind clings to hopes of better days ahead only to be stymied at every turn with something else that crushes that hope.  We like to have control.  Control brings stability and with stability comes a sense of peace.  And peace,by its very nature helps us to relax and be at ease.  But unfortunately that peace constantly escapes our grasp like trying to hold water in our hand.  The uncertainties of this life, big and small, bring with it anxiety.  In the New Testament, the word anxiety literally means "distraction" or "pulling apart" and that is certainly an apt description.  This pulling apart is the polar opposite of peace.  Christ Himself instructed us by saying "Do not be anxious."  But in following His instruction, we must understand one thing.  Having anxiety is a natural reaction to uncertainty.  BUT IT IS NOT A SIN.  We are frail human creatures living in a fallen world that is filled with uncertainty.  By default, that uncertainty will bring about a certain level of anxiety.  But while it's not a sin, IT IS DESTRUCTIVE if left unchecked.   It brings severe consequences.  It can damage our mental, physical, and even our spiritual health.  It can't be cured by medications however.  There is one thing that destroys anxiety and that is trusting God.

2 Corinthians 10:5 "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ..."

Matthew 6:25-34 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body as to what you will put on.  Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not worth much more than they?  And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?  And why are worried about clothing?  Observe how the lilies of the field grow;  they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?  You of little faith!  Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'  For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things.  But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  So do not worry about tomorrow;  for tomorrow will care for itself.  Each day has enough trouble of it's own."  

Phillippians 4:4-7 "Rejoice in the Lord always;  again I will say rejoice!  Let your gentle spirit be known to all men.  The Lord is near.  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." 

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