Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.–Philippians 4:6
I’ve got an idea that the most commonly confessed sin is worry. Few people have the audacity to say that they never worry. But although we readily confess it, we seldom repent of it. Why ? Maybe it’s because we fail to realize what great harm it does. We seem to believe it is a harmless sin. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Someone defined worry as “a small trickle of fear that meanders through the mind until it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” James describes the danger like this–“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”(James 1:8). The worrier is like the mule that starved to death while standing between two stacks of hay, because he couldn’t make up his mind which one to eat out of.Seems that I’ve met a lot of his relatives! They sometimes say,”I’m worried sick”, and indeed they are. Worry can send you to an early grave.
The fact of the matter is that worry affects us in every way: emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually. Worry can be deadly. When the Bible says,”Be careful for nothing” we ought to take it as a serious warning. God is looking out for our welfare! Heed His warnings, obey His commands,and claim His promises. A child of God in the will of God has nothing to worry about. When trouble comes, go to God in prayer. When your burden is heavy, cast “all your care upon him” and leave it there.
