Strength for The Strain
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God”
We need to stop worrying, we have got to take our problems to God.
If we look at Matthew 6:27, Jesus says: “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
Rather take it to The Lord in prayer - Speak about your problem.
Have a good cry today, go for a walk.
You have got plenty of time on your hands, get it off your chest and then cast your cares upon Him because He really does care for you!
1 Peter 5:7
Worry is a source of anxiety, and anxiety makes you sick. Don’t listen to the lies of the devil, rather concentrate on the promises of God.
Remember Matthew 6:33, The Lord says:
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these (other) things shall be added to you.”
The English Standard Versions says: “And which of you being anxious, can add a single hour to his span of life?”
And the Message Translation says: “Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch?” I like that one.
The struggle that you and I are having is in the mind, it's not in the heart.
I remember having a real heart to heart chat with Jesus years and years ago, sitting on the banks of the mighty Zambezi River.
I was waiting for the ferry to come across and take the big truck, The Seed Sower (that huge twenty-ton, 18m truck) laden with Bibles, across the river into Zambia, for a six-week tour into the bush.
Jesus almost audibly said to me, when I was worried about my young family back on the farm in Zululand, my children were all at school, all five of them, and a very young wife looking after the farm, and I was about to go across the river into unchartered territory - and I was anxious.
And audibly, almost audibly, I remember The Lord saying, “I will give you strength for the strain.” Strength for the strain - and God will give you that on this Sunday as well. Just go and have a chat to Him and He will take away those worries, and you will have a clear mind, and He will show you exactly what you need to do next week.
God bless you and have a wonderful Sunday.