It is the air.
You know it.
But there is nothing you can do about it.
Because you can't control the wind.
Because you can't control the sea.
As a hurricane has a mind of its own.
Destruction.
Devastating Destruction.
So what do you do?
You do your part.
You seal up the house.
You evacuate.
And get away as far as you can.
And then you WAIT.
But how do you WAIT,
as WAITING can be the silent killer,
when WAIT sends your emotions into overdrive
making
ANXIETY your best friend.
But then you hear the words
coming from deep inside of you,
so powerful
yet like a whisper
as you question whether the words are for you.
"Do not be ANXIOUS about anything".
And your HEART starts beating faster,
as how can you not be ANXIOUS
about a circumstance that is out of your control
and that can have devastating results.
Is it possible for you to not be ANXIOUS about an ANXIETY producing circumstance?
And wouldn't "not being" ANXIOUS about an ANXIOUS
circumstance
actually being your being CARELESS?
Actually it is.
For ANXIOUS means
TO CARE FOR.
Yup,
You are ANXIOUS about those things that you
CARE FOR.
So what do you do with those things that you CARE FOR.
"but in everything, 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"
(Philippians 4:6-7).
Oh when HIS PEACE guards your HEART,
HIS PEACE does transcend all understanding,
for you wonder how you can have PEACE
when such devastation may be coming your way
or if it did come your way.
Can you be PEACEFUL, yet SAD at the same time?
Oh yes,
Can you be PEACEFUL, yet in pain at the same time?
Oh yes.
Can you be PEACEFUL, yet with tears running down your face?
Oh yes.
Because
GOD'S PEACE
is
JESUS
who OVERWHELMS ANXIETY,
to a point that
you become
CARE~LESS.
For when you
CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY UPON THE LORD,
you are CASTING ALL YOUR "CARES" upon THE LORD
because HE CARES so much for you.
And what does GOD do?
HE CARES so much for your ANXIETY
that HE CARRIES your CARES for you.
LESS of you, MORE of HIM.
Yet HE doesn't leave you with a gapping hole,
as GOD FILLS it with HIS PEACE.
For
what or whom
are you CARING about so strongly now,
that GOD is asking you to give to HIM?
Will you join me
and open up your HEART to make room for
HIS PEACE that TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTAND
by
"casting all your cares, ____________, (put your name)
[all your anxieties,
____________,
all your worries,
____________,
and all your concerns,
____________,
once and for all] on HIM,
for HE cares about you,____________,
[with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]"
(I Peter 4:17).
Therefore,
CAST ALL YOUR CARES
and
"DON'T STOP PRAYING"
(listen to the song below)
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