Living Life for Christ Alone

It has been a long work week, let me tell you. This morning, I had a 45 minute drive to work, and while most days I can’t wait to get to work and get the job done, this morning I relished the thought of being in the car, alone, for 45 minutes. Driving time has become a time where God invites me to pray and process my thoughts out loud to Him, or meditate on scripture out loud. I don’t always do this, but when I do, I’m really glad I did. This morning I was planning to spend the time praying and thinking about a passage of scripture I’ve been memorizing, but instead I landed on a mini passage I just read this morning that had stuck, in spite of how sleepy I was after the long week. “Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high…” I began to quote. The passage was Psalm 113:5-6. At first, it seemed like an obvious question…. “Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in the heavens and in the earth?” I said it again. “Who is like the Lord our God…?” Well...

“’If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?’” Luke 12:26 This question that Jesus posed echoed in my mind as I pondered the topic of anxiety. We have experienced another worldwide flood. Not a flood of water, but of anxiety. You can find it in almost every section of society. There is hardly a person who is untouched by it. I myself am not exempt from it, which is why I find myself writing about it today. This verse in the Proverbs sums up the hidden state of mind of those who are controlled by it: “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression…” Proverbs 12:25 It explains why much of our world is depressed from one degree to another. It explains why at certain points in my life, I have plunged into depression too. Have you struggled with this? This morning, I decided to dig into scripture to see what God Himself says about anxiety. Maybe it will help someone out there. It certainly has helped me! Here are just a few obs...