We live in world today that has media outlets everywhere which means at any moment of our day we can hear of all the good AND especially all of the evil going on in the world around us. It can make for very anxious living. I want to give you some specific places in the Bible to go to when you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious. I want to EMPOWER you through the precious Word of God.
HELP FROM THE MOUNTAINS (Psalm 121)
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Look up! When you’re anxious and not sure of life; look up! This was my grandma’s favorite Psalm. Victoria Jane Barrett Moir was a small Welsh woman born just across the border from Montana in Saskatchewan. She lived her life out west among the mountains and loved them. She knew that no matter her hardships, her help came from God. I never really knew her because she died when I was 8 but when I think of all she went through in her short life – I see God!! He preciously empowered her with His strength. Why? For one thing, my grandpa suffered from a massive car accident when my mom was in high school and he had health problems from it and other things for the rest of his life. God gave her strength. #looktothemountains
WAITING ON GOD (Psalm 62)
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Waiting is probably THE hardest thing for me to do and THE thing I have to work the hardest at. BUT, when we wait on God, we find out He is our defense, our rock, our salvation. Doesn’t that make everything worth the wait? Right now I’m being taught to wait on God and trust in Him. #waitonGod
STRENGTH OF MY LIFE (Psalm 27)
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock……Do I have you singing now? If He is hiding me safely then He is giving me strength in my life day by day. This chapter has always been a real comfort to me for many reasons. Life for me hasn’t been easy (and I know I’m not different from you) but I have always had the comfort of His Word. At my lowest, He has raised me up to my highest. At my highest, He has reminded me of where I came from and the direction I should be going. My hope lies in the strength given to me from MY God, the Almighty and all He has done for me. #strengthfrommyGod
So if I’m reading these chapters and meditating on my help, my hope, my strength coming from God; where is my anxiety now? Dissipated, disappeared and I hope forever buried in the deepest sea. My life is so filled with joy that I can’t be anxious. Anxiety turns to joy. Anxiety turns to hope. Anxiety turns to strength from Him. Be anxious today for NOTHING!!!
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