What My Anxiety Teaches Me - Kent Kloter
I got an email sometime in the past with a couple of thoughts that I believe are more common among modern American Christians than one might realize. Here’s the first one, “…what does it mean to live faithfully with anxiety?”. A second and wise follow up thought, "I've been trying to ask myself what God is trying to teach me through my anxiety. And how he may use me to help others who struggle?” Let’s start with a few biblical principles to help answer the question, “What does God want me to learn about anxiety?” Anxiety weighs us down (Pr.12:25). Jesus tells us that anxiety is a form of fear, rooted in unbelief, “Oh you of little faith.” (Matt. 6:30b). Anxiety (fear/worry) is to be put off. (Matt. 6:25-34; Phil. 4:6) God commands us to throw our anxieties onto him (1 Peter 5:8), because He cares and is mighty enough to handle the concerns that we have that we are unable to handle. The implications are that anxiety is overcome by trusting in God’s Almighty hand. Isaiah also t...
