Gasoline prices are not at all pleasant. It seems like the price of groceries, and many other things have taken a drastic price increase and may go even higher. Many jobs that have been considered very stable are now begining to be very unstable.
These are the kinds of conditions that the devil will take advantage of to stike a cord of fear in your heart. Fear is the opposite of faith. Fear fuels unbelief. Christians are to be faith people, but if they become fearful, they will begin to worry.
Below are seven reasons you should not worry:
1. God said don’t do it, (1Peter 5:7; Philippians 4:6) That should be enough, without any other reasons, shouldn’t it? If God said don’t do it, then we don’t have to do it; however, we have to make a decision not to do it, and we have to off-set it with faith in God’s promises.
2. It doesn’t help. Nobody has ever really solved a problem by worrying about it. There really are only two kinds of problems in the world: The kind you can do something about, and the kind you can’t do anything about. If your problem is one that you can do something about, do it and quit worrying about it. If it is the kind you can’t do anything about, worrying is a complete waste of time.
3. It is an enemy to your health. Doctor’s waiting rooms could largely be cleared out, if people would stop worrying. Worry brings on a number of very real health problems, both physical and emotional.
4. God has already made provision for your every need, (2Peter 1:2-3.) You simply need to get in position to receive what He has provided. Nothing ever has, or ever will, happen to you that God doesn’t see. Knowing the truth, and knowing how to apply the truth to your situation will set you free.
5. God’s ways are always better than your ways, so if you could figure out something to do, it wouldn’t be as good as what God will lead you to do, if you will look to Him.
6. Worry is a subtle form of pride, and God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble, (1Peter 5:5.)
7. Most of things you worry about will never happen anyway. It is the devil’s deception.