What are you worrying about? Is there something that you can’t stop rehashing?
I’ll admit it! I’ll raise my hand to say — I’ve had some worries lately, friends. Will the kids be ok? Will their future be good? Will my future be good? Will I get them in the right school? Will my daughter’s hurt leg be okay? Will I connect and find new people in the new city I find myself in? Did I act right?
There are nights where I run circles around these questions, like a runner on a track. Round and round, I fashion and figure things out to the point of tiredness. Eventually, I fall asleep.
What a waste.
What does it serve me to do this? What does worry accomplish? Worry is a like a rocking chair. It looks like it is going somewhere, but actually moves us nowhere. Back and forth we go — thinking we’re getting somewhere. But all we’re really doing is fashioning a mental rut that we can’t get out of.
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” (Lu. 12:25-26)
So, what else are we to do?
“You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.” (Jo. 14:13 NLT)
While the worry-er gets caught up rehashing and wrestling with impossible situations — the warrior starts praying and letting God handle the impossible.
Note here, in this verse, Jesus said we can ask for anything.
You know that impossible thing? That perfect solution you can’t seem to wrap your mind’s arms around? God knows how to do it.
You know that horrible situation? The one where it looks like you’ve been completely ruined? God has your way out.
You know that person that you just can’t change? God has a plan at the ready; what if prayer unleashes it?
Jesus not only tells us we can pray; He instructs us that when we do pray, we can ask for anything! Wow. He will do it!
“You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.” (Jo. 14:13 NLT)
Not only that, but when we pray and see God make a way — He, then, gets all the glory! He gets all the praise. We give Him thanks because we know it was Him. Only He could do it!
In the end, prayer increases praise and ceases all worrying. God gets all the glory. God gets the thanks.
What if, today, you took what you were worrying about and started praying about it?
Let’s pray!
Father, I repent of worrying and wrestling with things I cannot fix. Father, only you have the way. Help me to surrender my fear. I give to you all the things I cannot work out. I lay them into your hands. Will you help me, lead me and guide me? You are the Creator. I am the created. You can make a way! I thank you and praise you for your Son. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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