A thought by Kyle Idleman from his
book, Don't Give Up (p. 101). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click
on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Wow, that’s a good thing to think
about, isn’t it?
Kyle says, “Have you ever tried to
pray about your anxiety, then, a few minutes in, you feel the anxiety increase?
You think to yourself, This
isn’t working.
“When our prayers are filled with
supplication, meaning that we make our requests known to God, we are telling
our anxieties that God is on our side and can carry the weight.”
Kyle goes on, “David models this for
us in his psalms. If you read through that book, you’ll notice how there is
often a shift in his prayers. He might begin by talking about the reasons he
has to be anxious: his enemies are chasing him. His life is in danger. The
guilt of his sin is too heavy.
“But then there’s a shift. It happens
in virtually every psalm. David stops telling God about his anxieties and
starts telling his anxieties about God: God can defeat my enemies. God can rescue me from danger. God can
take away the guilt of my sin.
So many psalms begin in doldrums and end in worship.”
Also Kyle shares, “If the load you are
carrying has become too heavy if the anxieties of this life have weighed you
down, if you’re tired and ready to give up—God sees the load you carry and the
weight you’re under, and he asks, ‘Why don’t you let me carry that for you?’”
And he will if you humble yourself and give that burden to Him. You see, He
cares about you and me. So, do you now see
that you are not alone, and that is something to really be thankful about?
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