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Do
not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillipians 4:6-7
I am aware that there are hormonal and chemical reasons for some
people's anxieties, and I definitely believe they should avail themselves of
proper medicines that give relief.
Still, for the most of us, we need to turn to the great heavenly
physician more often. That will allow
our anxieties to heal rather than keep hurting us.
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One church sign put it well. It read, "If your knees are
knocking, kneel on them."
Case in point: Thursday when I finished this sermon– it was as always
a good feeling. But I have a new computer
with a new program, Windows 7 which for a brief time I was prepared to call
Wall 8. You see, I am not completely
comfortable with it yet and I had managed to hit a wrong key and, I thought, lost the whole thing. I hadn’t, the machine had only hidden the
sermon. But for a little while I was
like Donald. (remember him
from last Thursday)
And I didn't just make a mountain out of a molehill. I started planting trees. I forgot a rather basic truth... keep things in
proportion. I prayed about it and Christ
and common sense came charging in to slow my anxiety down...and I found my
sermon.
The world really didn't come to an end, but for a bit I fed
foolishness and frustration, and anxiety had a meal called me.
It's an old joke, I went to the doctor and I said, “Doc, when I do
this, it hurts.” And the doctor said, “Then don't do that.”
How many things have you been anxious about that were things which
you knew before you got into them were probably going to create some problems
for you? And if you asked your doctor,
or your minister, or common sense and your God, all of them would have said,
“Don’t to that.” But you made the choice to get into them
anyway. Some sins...some stupid
decisions you know are stupid decisions... but you haven’t learned from your
past mistakes, and you’ve kept on filling up the present with more such stupid
decisions and actions.
And if you don’t change your habits, you’ll fill up your future,
too.
(to be continued)
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