{"id":991,"date":"2023-12-01T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/?p=991"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:32:12","slug":"facing-anxiety-with-gods-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/facing-anxiety-with-gods-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Anxiety with God&#8217;s Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#000000;--button_accent_hover_color:#000000;--button_border_hover_color:#000000;--button_gradient_top_color:#dead36;--button_gradient_bottom_color:rgba(222,173,54,0.85);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(222,173,54,0.85);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#dead36;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Flourish-Dec-2023-French.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">\u2022\u2022T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez les documents en fran\u00e7ais\u2022\u2022<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Everyone suffers from worry, stress, and anxiety at one time or another. It\u2019s an expected part of life. So much so, that the Bible has dozens of verses that address the topic. After a short study of the word worry, I came across this interesting perspective. The word worry in the New Testament is the Greek word \u201cmerimnao\u201d which translates to anxiety. It is a combination of two words merizo, which means \u201cto divide\u201d and nous which means \u201cthe mind.\u201d When combined together we see the understanding that worry divides the mind.<\/p>\n<p>As you have experienced times of anxiety in your life, can you relate to that idea &#8211; a divided mind? Present, yet thinking about the future. Thankful, yet stressed. Option A and all it could mean or option B and all it could mean. Worry can easily provoke all sorts of confusion and fear in our minds. It doesn\u2019t take long to understand that anxiety and worry will steal our joy and rob us of peace.<\/p>\n<p>In Psalm 55 David was struggling with worry and anxiety. He uses such words as \u201cdistraught\u201d, \u201csuffering\u201d, \u201canguish\u201d, \u201ctrembling\u201d, and \u201coverwhelmed\u201d. All within the first 5 verses! Then in verse 6 he states: \u201cOh that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David was clearly under a lot of stress and had much that was worrying him. His mind seemed divided, and his thoughts were greatly troubling him. How did David deal with the stress and worry he was facing? Here are 3 things we see in this text:<\/p>\n<p><strong>He trusts God\u2019s promise to hear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em>\u201cI cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.\u201d (v.17)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>He trusts God\u2019s promise to act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em>\u201cBut You, O God, will bring down the wicked\u2026 I trust in You.\u201d (v.23)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>He trusts God\u2019s promise to sustain him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em>\u201cCast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.\u201d (v.22)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we are anxious and worried, chances are we are not trusting in God. In this psalm, David actively reminded himself to trust God instead of giving in to anxiety. The solution to our anxious minds is always found in Jesus. He promises to hear, act and sustain us during our times of stress. However, as humans the process of surrendering these anxieties to the Lord is often where we falter. The following is a devotional prepared to help you think about the anxiety and worry that often creeps into your life. What it comes from, the ways it impacts you, and how to surrender it to the Lord.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type fusion-has-button-gradient\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#000000;--button_accent_hover_color:#000000;--button_border_hover_color:#000000;--button_gradient_top_color:#dead36;--button_gradient_bottom_color:rgba(222,173,54,0.85);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(222,173,54,0.85);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#dead36;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Flourish-Dec-2023-English.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">\u2022\u2022Download the Devotions\u2022\u2022<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-growth","category-pursuing-gods-ways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}