I am not by nature a worrier. I do however have to order my world in such a way that I minimize stress because it makes me physically sick and I dont always like the person I become when Im stressed. These words from Chan were deeply convicting to me when I first encountered them and equally so when I read them today. Worry implies that we dont quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of whats happening in our lives. Stress says the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace towards others, or our tight grip of control. Basically, these two behaviors communicate that its okay to sin and not trust God because the stuff in my life is somehow exceptional. Both worry and stress reek of arrogance. They declare our tendency to forget that weve been forgiven, that our lives are brief ... and that in the context of Gods strength, our problems are small, indeed. Francis Chan
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:17:38 +0000
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