Don't Worry, Be Happy?

Philippians 4:6-9 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of
God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it
into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

I used to be pretty disgruntled about the above verses (and by "used to" I mean last week, lol)... there is a lot of life to worry about! Especially when you reach parenthood. Don't be anxious?? Yeah right, God. You are asking the impossible.

I was pretty rebellious about it until I realized what these verses were really saying.

They aren't saying "you're a bad person if you let the future scare you." Instead, God uses them to tell us that He has given us everything we need to weather whatever storm life is throwing at us.

No matter how uncertain our future is, we have a God we can go to in prayer, and scripture we can read to be reassured of His promises, and visible proof in our own life and the lives of others that He can do the impossible... and we can find peace if we make use of those things.

It is a choice between allowing fear to use us, or allowing God to. Which will you choose?