Combating Anxiety With God's WordSample

Have you ever been through one of those seasons in life where things just aren’t going right? Maybe you've been overtaken by anxiety, stress, and restlessness as a result of your own sin. Sometimes seasons of anxiety are due to life happening. Whether we mess up (which we will) or life brings us many cares due to various situations, as the psalmist states, one thing we can be assured of is the Lord’s steadfast love.

The definition of steadfast is immovable or firmly fixed in place. The Lord’s love is not based on condition of our daily performance. Our sin doesn’t affect His love for us. As a loving Father, He holds us up. When we are broken, He consoles us, and our hearts are cheered.

We do have a part in this, however. We cannot know the steadfastness of God’s love and His consolations cannot cheer our souls if we don’t know Him. Many times, when things just aren’t going right, personally I like to curl up with a pint of ice cream and wallow in my sorrows. While ice cream is good, it doesn’t cheer my soul like the Word of God. Ice cream doesn’t restore me like prayer does. It may make me feel better for a moment, but our feelings are fleeting; they are not fact. Steadfast love is a fact. David famously acknowledges God’s restoration to our souls in Psalm 23:2. We have to be active in our relationship with God, allowing Him to work in us.

If you are going through a season where your foot seems to be slipping and the cares of your heart are many, be encouraged. God’s steadfast love will sustain you. He can and will cheer your soul.