Fear and AnxietySample

Two things You told me

Life was busy, and my relationship with God was suffering. My quiet times were a tick box, engaging my mind but not my spirit. The anxiety grew too loud to be ignored.

I got quiet, and asked Jesus to still the chaotic hive of bees buzzing in my mind. And He spoke.

He showed me that the root of anxiety was lack of trust and that to trust, I would need to believe two things – that He has the power to protect and provide for me and that He wants to.

Read the verse above again.

Do you feel more valuable than a bird? Do you live your life firmly planted in the truth of your value as a redeemed child of the creator? I wish I did. More palatable is the omnipotence of God. I might know He can… but I struggle to believe He wants to. But it’s actually in this status as His ‘redeemed’ that we find evidence that His intentions are ALWAYS for us… because He LOVES us.

‘But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us’ (Romans 5:8 NIV).

I’m reminded of a line from a Jon Foreman song: ‘two things you told me, that you are good, and you love me’. May we humble ourselves to receive and take hold of the truth of His love for us and embrace our peace in Christ Jesus.

Written by BEK ROBINSON