We feel it, miserably, day after day, even though we pray and cry out to God. We are doing all we know to do.
Unless...
If it exists outside of us, do we have different tools of fighting it at our disposal? Would that be something God might be teaching us?
What if something or someone has a quiver of arrows of sorts, ready to aim at our hearts when circumstances look like they could embrace anxiety?
Our checkbook, our health, our loved ones--events happen (or don't happen) that bring rise to anxiety.
Let's say we are unable to pay a bill on time. The holder of the quiver of arrows fires one right at us. We take it in--after all, shouldn't we be anxious about that situation?
What if we tried this instead:
Lord, I don't have the solution to pay the bill...yet. I am asking you to lead me to that solution. For now, I want to be strategic about fending off the arrows of anxiety. I can do that now. As a believer, I am aligned with the power of Christ, so together we say no to the arrows. Help me say this and believe this over and over as my heart and mind are strengthened against Anxiety.Strategic. Soundness of mind. Aligned with Christ. Understanding the power of Christ at our disposal.
The war against us is real. The good news? So are our weapons.
