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Coping With Life's Anxieties All cited Scriptures are taken from the Authorized King James Bible unless otherwise indicated Please note that Gods name, Jehovah, has been replaced with the title LORD as opposed to the Greek word Anonai which is rendered Lord. Anxieties in this troubled world can be a challenge to true worship and it engenders such feelings as unease and apprehension with a future orientation toward the negative. What are your anxieties? Financial security? Marriage stability? Getting sick or dying? The welfare of ?Anger? Education? ........ Jer.10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. We need an orientation of the mind toward the positive. Where can we find that positive orientation? We can find it in the Word of God. In His power. In our dependance upon Him. So, what is your orientation? Is it toward man or God? Jehovah God has not put aside His original purpose. Genesis 1:28-30 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat and it was so. Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, God himself, that formed the earth and made it, he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. I am the LORD; and there is none else. This time of satan ruling the earth is like a glitch in God's original purpose but it has in no way changed that purpose. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. It is true that He has had to also deal with the allegations laid against Him by satan( that God is a liar and is not fit to be sovereign because He was holding something back from Adam and Eve that would be good for mankind) and He will bring those allegations to nothing. Genesis 3 4+5 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. The legal precedence will be set for all the future, before all the sons of God both heavenly and earthly, but His whole purpose is to have the earth inhabited by perfect humans beings loving God and enjoying life. To that end, we need to keep our purpose also, that is, to remain God's friend and to be approved in His sight so that we can also look forward to the outworking of that original purpose of God, despite the anxieties laid on us by this glitch of a system currently still holding sway on us. Phil. 1:9-11 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Anxiety in life. Paul expressed anxiety more than once while in his ministry. He was even under a death sentence! How did he deal with this anxiety? He kept his mind off his own troubles and focused on thinking of others and sticking to Jah. Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop but a good word maketh it glad. There is nothing kinder than the Word of God. Matthew 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care(anxiety) of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Luke 12:22, 23+25 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment and which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? ( Who of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?)(NW) 1Peter 5:6+Seven Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you. Is happiness an absence of problems? No. Certainly not in this world and, I think, even in the restored earth we will still have day to day problems to deal with(but we won't be surrounded by satans deadly air but the love of God). Our happiness is totally dependent on our focusing our attention of Jehovah God and and the needs of others and keeping a simple eye. Phil. 1:13+14 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Phil. 1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith. Of course, in this wicked world we are surrounded by all the snares and traps of satan, are full of the imperfections because of the original sin, have the inclination to do bad all the time and with satan wanting at all times to turn us away from The True God. Being in the world with satan is like being in a cage with an angry lion but we know that God can deliver us from angry lions. Daniel 6:21-23 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions mouths, that they have not hurt me...... Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. Materialism Will you let the cravings for material possessions rule your life? We all need to be satisfied with the necessities of life. However, it is not wrong or bad to have nice things around us. Mementos and gifts we have accumulated in our lives and some small comforts but the questions is....Can we let these things go when the time comes for walking away? or...Do these things hold too large a sway on our minds? Many years ago, I was persuaded by a cult I was in to throw away everything I owned. Fortunately my Mum saved many of those things while I wasn't looking. Photos and knick knacks and such as she was rightly horrified that I wanted to throw them away. Of course, those things did not make my life and I easily lived without them but it was equally nice to find them again after Mum passed away. 1Tim. 6:6-10 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out and having food and raiment let us be therewith content but they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition for the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Distress There is so much distress in the world around us. Still, we also need to be undisturbed by the dread of calamity knowing that Jah is well able to save us out of such calamity. Remembering, that if we die, we are safe in Gods memory awaiting the day of resurrection. Proverbs 1:32+33 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them but whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. By studying and listening to what God has to tell us in His Word, by doing what we learn from Him and applying Gods principle and standards to our decisions Jehovah God will help us to thrive in life and long into the future life to come on the restored earth. Hallelujah! Jer 17:Seven+8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. These are just a few thoughts I had rolling around and I hope this is of some help to you. Love Katidid. |
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