Worry; Pray! 1

Worry; Pray! 1

Philippians 4:6-7 KJV

[6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. [7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

In a world that is increasingly becoming hostile and prone to war, it may be convenient to fret over what is going on. However, as God has clearly laid out in several verses in the Bible and across different generations and dispensations, there is very little a man can change just by worrying or fretting. There is a God who is Omniscient and Omnipotent, who cannot be deceived by external piety, pretence or hypocrisy. He is in charge of the earth, no matter how hard the devil tries to claim it as his own. You cannot control what you did not create, and you cannot sustain that whchi you did not initiate. The earth exists solely as the creation of God, and the earth will only serve its purpose when it is subject to the authority and control of the One who spoke it into existence. 

In all of the above, where do you see mortal man being able to change anything without the permission of the One who owns it? Men have come, claiming to be strong and mighty, but have died like mere men that they truly were. Some started with a bang and ended as a whimper, because they thought that they had control over anything, not knowing that it was just a privilege to be able to be a part of what God was doing at the time. It is this reality that drrives the reflections in the two verses above; there is really nothing a man can do by himself. There is no change that a man can drive by himself. There is also no  situation a man can influence by wealth, status or position, unless God has decided to change things by Himself. 

What, then, is the reason for anxiety or worry? What does it change? We keep sleepless nights, worried about things that we cannot control, and yet, we have a solution that has been prescribed by the One to whom all of creation answers to, which is to just talk to Him about our cares and worries. There is absolutely nothing that I cannot talk to Him about, from my dressing, to my food and to the company I want to keep. That is what a father does. When you see a young child with the earthly father, you get a small glimpse into the heart of our heavenly Father. There is nothing the young child cannot tell the earthly father. How much more a God who is fully invested in my earthly impact as well as my eternal destination. Take advantage of what He offers, and enjoy the fullness of all that God is. God's time of favour is here.