For a long while now, we have been wanting to have a discussion at our church about anxiety.
This past Wednesday night we did. We titled it “Anxiety and Courage.” You can watch the entire talk here.
Psalm 94:17-19 has been a massive help to me in my own personal struggle.
“If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would have seen lived in the land of silence.
When I thought ‘my foot slips’, your steadfast love O Lord held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”
The message had three points to it:
- Many Cares (We care about many, many things.)
- Mighty Courage (God gives strength. We need mighty courage to trust He will strengthen us in our struggle.)
- Merciful Christ (There is a living God, a powerful Holy Spirit, and a resurrected, living Christ, and He will help you.)
God can help you deal with this struggle. God desires for us to depend on him. Often times he is making us depend on him. Sadly, you are doing so many things in your life without even thinking of God. No prayer. No faith. Just doing it in your own strength. Thinking that you can handle it … until you can’t. Then you have anxiety. And then what do you do? Well, you were never meant to be independent from God. The faithful Christian life is lived fully dependent on God’s grace and mercy – on the merciful Christ. I pray this post and that talk help you in this area.