Overcoming Anxiety
How wonderful it is to see the promises in the Word of God that accompany these four steps to eliminating anxiety.
Psalm 37:3 promises, “so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.”
Here God promises possession and provision for those who trust in Him and do good. Jesus reinforced this in Matthew 6:25-34,
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
If your anxiety is primarily over your possessions and provision, then you should focus a lot on the aspects of trusting the Lord and doing good. The promises for these things follow those instructions.
Psalm 37:4 promises, “and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
This promise comes after telling you to delight yourself in Him. James 4:1-3 says, “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
The truth is that when you delight yourself in the Lord, the desires of your heart will change. Your desires will no longer be after your lusts, but they will be after His will. When you desire His will, He is willing to give it to you. If you have a problem being anxious over things you desire to have, you should center a lot of your attention in the action of delighting in the Lord.
Psalm 37:5 tells us that if we commit our way to Him, “and he shall bring it to pass.”
If your anxiety stems from being uncertain over what will happen in the future, or upon certain events, then you need to commit your way unto Him. The problem is that you continue to take control back from God, when you do not have the ability to run your life. Psalm 37:6 follows this passage and says, “And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”
When you do these things to overcome anxiety, God’s righteousness will shine in you as never before. Your judgment will be clear, you will be able to make the right decisions, and expect the right outcomes because you are depending on Him and not on yourself. Philippians 4:7 promises that if you commit your way to God, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
All through the Scriptures God has given us the answer for the problems that we face in life. I hope that you have found an answer for the problems that you struggle with.
