And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (NASB). The thing that I must realize is that God didn’t call me to be a “fixer,” but rather a “pray-er.” Philippians 4:6-7 tells us, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Am I really trusting God if I sit the problem down and then pick it back up again?įor those who know me, I am a “fixer.” I want to have a plan for everything. He is so much bigger and better than I could ever be, and yet I try to take care of it on my own. The thing that I struggle with is completely, 100 percent giving it to God. Am I the only one? Or how about the times when I say, “Lord, I forgive _ for _,” and then the next day when I see the person the bitterness creeps back in? There are so many times when I face a problem and I tell myself that I’m going to give it over to God only to pick it back up again within five minutes. That’s wonderful news – if only we would both accept it and act on it. In 1 Peter 5:7, God tells us to “cast all our anxiety on Him because He cares for us.” Can you believe it? God tells us to give it all to Him, and He will take care of it. In these circumstances, the trouble is that we forget how little our problem is in light of the fact that we serve an awesome God. Maybe we have troubles on our job or in our family that we try to “fix” by ourselves. Maybe we refuse to forgive the person who lied to us. Maybe we are angry or bitter with someone we feel has wronged us. This topic has really been stuck in my mind since that night.Įach of us has things in our lives that we try to deal with on our own. Several years ago in the youth service at my church, our former youth pastor spoke about the baggage that we carry around with us daily.
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