0062. Prayer a Cure for Worry

Prayer a Cure for Worry

"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Php_4:6-7).

If we have confidence in the Lord and we have told Him all about it, why should we be anxious? We should cast all of our care upon Him for He careth for us.

When we pray, our eyes turn away from ourselves and from our plans and our environment, unto God. We are led to confide in Him. We are constrained to commit our all unto God as unto a faithful Creator.

If, therefore, we are anxious and fearful, we are not living in the practice of confiding prayer.

Christ Jesus is our Great High Priest. He is managing our affairs for us; He has our names written upon the epaulettes of His shoulders, the place of His strength; upon His breastplate, the place of His love; and, upon the palm of His hands, the place of loving care.

Why should we worry? If we come to Him and make our requests known, with a believing heart, we will be without care, and the peace of God will garrison our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

"My God, is any hour so sweet,

From blush of morn to evening star,

As that which calls me to Thy feet–

The hour of prayer?

"No words can tell what sweet relief

Here for my every want I find:

What strength for warfare, balm for grief,

What peace of mind!

"Hushed is each doubt, gone every fear;

My spirit seems in Heaven to stay;

And e’en the penitential tear

Is wiped away."

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR