Posts Tagged ‘fret’

Don’t Calculate Without God

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Verse: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” – Psalm 37:5

Quote: “The one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying is bringing God in as the greatest factor in all our calculations.”

Chambers frequently stays on a specific topic for multiple days in a row, and it almost always coincides with where God is working in my life at the time.  I am now learning that worrying can be a past tense verb too, in the form of regret.  If we commit an area of our life over to God, we should trust that He has taken all variables into account, past, present, and future.  We are here to do God’s work, so trust that as long as He leaves you here, He has work for you and provisions for that work.

One of God’s Great Don’ts

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Verse: “Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil doing.” – Psalm 37:8 (RV)

Quote: “Resting in the Lord does not depend on external circumstances at all, but on your relationship to God Himself.”

Worrying is one of those sins that a lot of Christians take for granted; some even think of worrying as a sign of maturity or wisdom.  However it is much more wicked than that, as it shuns the perfect peace that God freely offers us.  When we worry, we are effectively telling God there is nothing He can do about our situation–we are in control, and the outcome depends entirely on our own natural ability.  Constantly give your life, your environment, your thoughts over to God, and watch as He leads you to a place of rest time and time again.