Fear and Worry Are Interest Paid in Advance on Something You May Never Own Fear is a poor chisel for carving out tomorrow. If youre worried about tomorrow, I have good news for you: Worry isnt reality! Worry is really the triumph of fear over faith. There is a story about a woman who cried profusely while standing on a street corner. A man came up to her and asked why she was weeping. The lady shook her head and replied, I was just thinking that maybe someday I would get married. We would later have a beautiful baby girl. Then one day this child and I would go for a walk along this street, and my darling daughter would run into the street, get hit by a car, and die. It sounds like a pretty ridiculous situation -- weeping because of something that will probably never happen. Yet we act this way when we worry. We blow a situation out of proportion that might never come to pass. An old Swedish proverb says: Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. Worry is simply the misuse of the creative imagination God has placed within us. The word worry is derived from an Anglo-Saxon term meaning to strangle or to choke off. There is no question that worry and fear choke off the positive creativity God gives us. When fear rises in our minds, we should expect the opposite in our lives. We should expect faith to rise in our hearts to shield us against worrisome thoughts. Things are seldom as they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream, said W.S. Gilbert. As we dwell on matters beyond our control, a negative effect sets in. Too much analysis always leads to paralysis. The Bible says, Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved (Ps. 55:22 NKJV). Never respond out of fear, and never fear to respond. Action attacks fear; inaction reinforces it. Dont worry and dont fear. Instead, take your fear and worry to the Lord, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7 NKJV). Worry is a route that leads from somewhere to nowhere. Never let it direct your life.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:47:36 +0000