Prayer > Worry
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I don’t need to weigh in on it all, especially when I feel weighed down by it all, but this quote I read today from @hertrueworth rings true everyday, so this is where I’ll stay…
and if you’re feeling the weight of it all, I pray it encourages you, too…
“Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change.”
Prayer lifts my eyes off myself and all the things I can’t control and puts them on my Savior and what He alone can and always will control. It also lifts the weight of the world off me, where it was never intended to be in light of eternity, and places that burden on the only One who has the power and authority to bear it all, once and for all, and will always reign over it all.
While prayer does not absolve me of my personal responsibility, it does remind me of His sovereignty. I will always strive to do what I can to do the best I can to love others well. I’ll do my part to echo His heart in a world that needs His love — a love that leads to humility, repentance, and the realization that it is not about us, and all about Him and His perfect plan of redemption.
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27
“So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.” 1 Peter 1:13
“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1 John 3:18
“And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life. Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.” 1 John 5:20-21
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