Why are our lives so burdened with worry? Why do we constantly find ourselves stressed? Why is it when things don’t go our way we begin to lose hope?
Our lives are so riddled with apprehension because we all too often forget to fully rely on God to provide for us. Our worry leads to stress because we are typically troubled about something that is out of our control. When the stress starts to stack upon itself, relinquishing our efforts to control various situations, we try to use the power of our flesh win our lives back. Once we see that we have fallen short, we then begin to lose hope. When we reach the point where our hope is fading, Christ seems to be out of the picture. If Jesus starts to fall through the cracks, you may as well say farewell to your faith.
The past few days I have found myself in this very position. I continue to be worried about something I already placed in God’s hands at the beginning of this race. I continue to dwell in stress because I am not in control of how it gets taken care of. I realize that God does not want me to gain anything from my own human efforts, yet I still find myself losing hope. My mind is so clouded by worry that I am beginning to lose sight of the beauty of the cross.
God gives and takes away, and makes all things work together for our good. I do not know the reasons why things happen, but what I do need is to TRUST that God has everything worked out. One thing I have realized this month is that nothing is ever coincidental. Sometimes God takes something away from us to teach us to rely fully on Him and ONLY Him. He does that to show us that He is in control and that He knows us better than we could ever begin to know ourselves.
God knows our needs. God designed the desires of our hearts before we took our first breaths. He knew that we would need the blood of Jesus so that we may now live. He gave us the freedom to lay down our own burdens at the foot of the cross, at the most holy sacrifice which was Jesus Christ, so that we would not have to worry and trouble ourselves with the cares of this world. God gave us that gift. Why not receive it?
I have been on this World Race for 6 months now. Because of the powerful prayer and financial support of many, I am able to be the hands and feet of Jesus and bring the Kingdom to the nations. I am currently still in need of $3,976.77 so that I may be fully funded and reach my support goal by March 31st. I am so grateful and humbled by the support that I have already received. I hope that you will prayerfully consider donating more so that I may continue serving with my team for the next 5 months of the race.
