Christians Don’t Worry, Have Anxiety or Stay Depressed Because…

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Luke 12:13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” ¹⁴ But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” ¹⁵ And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” ¹⁶ Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. ¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ ¹⁸ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ‘ ²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ ²¹ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

²² Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. ²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. ²⁴ Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? ²⁵ And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁶ If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? ²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸ If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith? ²⁹ And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. ³⁰ For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. ³¹ But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. ³² Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³ Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. NKJV

Wow What a life!

Do you live a life free from worry, anxiety, fear and impatience?

Paul tells us we can experience this freedom of mind and commands us not to worry.

Phil 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. NKJV

Is this the experience of your life? Are you able to cast all your cares upon Christ?

Are you free of anxiety and worry? Or do you get overly concerned about some areas of life at times?

Worry, anxiety, depression or stress, these all come from our flesh and not trusting God for who He has revealed Himself to be in the word and living in accord with that. Consider:

How presumptuous of a person to even assume they will be here tomorrow.  Perhaps that is the root of this sin.

God has only given you the grace to handle today’s challenges, He has not given you grace for tomorrow and for you to disobey Him and try to handle tomorrow’s challenges today must only be out of the flesh; so what results would one expect to have without the grace of God and only their fleshly abilities and talents to rely on?  Wait for tomorrows grace to handle it.

Elijah worried about dying and the other kings and people killing him. How foolish. For God never had it in His mind to even let him die at all but he was translated into heaven.

How foolish and what a waste of time to worry about tomorrow as if you knew the future and that you would have this problem tomorrow or next year and God might not already bring a solution to it.  Why have you not prayed in faith not doubting trusting that God will give you what you want and take care of this?

As if God did not already know how this would turn out and be giving you the grace to handle it, working it all out for good.  So rather than trust Him, rather than worship and praise Him for being the sovereign and good God, rather than obeying, rather than rejoicing in all things, giving thanks for trials, and giving God glory in the midst of them by not letting them get to them and  showing the power of God and their trust and being at peace in the midst of turmoil,  rather than living out of faith and His power one would worry about their own abilities to solve this, or what will happen to them, as if that would not be God’s perfect plan for them and He would help them through it. Rather than resisting His will for their life they will hold on to what they want and aren’t getting, which makes them feel sad and unblessed, rather than seeing What God is doing in their life, sanctifying them from their desires and making them yield to His will and submit to it and be content in it. No wonder they are depressed. They are trying to be God, rather than trust God; a very hard job.

So yes this disobedience and lack of trust and seeking to resolve out of the flesh can cause physical weakness, illness, mental problems, all because they are not trusting God.

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