Anxious-Agony, two powerful words that stay connected in dismal times. Anxiety is the silent termite of the soul. This parasite sits in the dark and at first quietly begins to gnaw away at you. Some outside difficulty, some conflict of the soul, some war wages out of control and we feel it eating away. It is agony.
For every believer that has been affected by the anxious bug we begin to feel shame. This is not the way a believer is to respond to difficult times, right? Now on top of outer conflict we experience an attack upon our faith in God. Are we less of a Christ follower when we doubt? Are we less of a member of the faithful when we waver?
Where would you classify King David; faithless or faithful? Consider this truth it was David that in a time of intense calamity expressed to God that he in fact was in the full control of anxiety and it was pure agony. How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? (13.3)
Are you anxious today; about anything? Feel no shame, you have not moved into the arena of the faithless just yet. Here’s a hint from David, do not let your anxiety be in silent. Announce your anxiety to the one who is faithful at all times even when we cannot see Him. Tell it to Jesus! Call on Jesus and be fully honest with Him about all you are experiencing, He knows already.
Listen to David’s answer to the agony of anxiety. But I have trusted in Your faithful love; my heart will rejoice in your deliverance. (13.5) By the way when he made the decision to rejoice the deliverance had not yet come. But it did!
Help is on the way. Hope will exterminate the termite of anxiety.
Always Enthusiastic,
Dr. Rusty Newman
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