Just bear with me. I’ve been dying to tell this joke. I might mess it up, but I don’t even care because you are still going to enjoy it.
“I ordered the #1 at Chic Fil A. They gave me the #3. I didn’t ask them to fix it because I assumed they knew what was best for me.”
So true. I think they do.
I’ve shared before that I dealt with anxiety in a terrible way several years ago. It was paralyzing. Through my relationship with Christ it was taken away. Every once in a while, I will have a situation that grabs me. It feels a little like a sucker punch.
I have to get alone with God, remind myself of what He has promised and trust Him. Simply trust – like I do with Chic Fil A (I hope that wasn’t blasphemous. I think I’m just hungry). I’ve been working on getting to the point where I will pray for what I would like to happen and for the answer I want Him to give. I lay it all out there for Him to consider. This way, I know that I have prayed for the situation and I can’t regret not asking Him for the outcome I would love to have. Then, I begin to loosen my tightened fists. He knows what is best, and that is where I have to let it go. That is where the peace is – trusting Him either way and knowing He will always be right there and that every answer I’ve been given has passed through His hands with His full knowledge.
So much of fear and anxiety stem from a need for control. The only thing we have control over is maybe arranging our spices and what we pray about and ask God for. When I place my requests, family, and dreams in God’s hands, I can rest assured that the One Who loves me and the One Who does have the control will do what is best and that good will come from it.
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
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