Tempted to Worry

   I am doing some very stringent training. I attend the class, I read the chapter, I study with some flash cards, I take a test. The next day I attend the class, I read the chapter, I study with some flash cards, I take a test. The next day…for the next 6 weeks. Then I will take a final test only to go on to the next step.

   I am telling you this for a reason. After my first test on Chapter One I realized that I was going to need God’s help—desperately! I’ve never done SO BADLY on a test my entire life. I was always a passable student—A’s and B’s, but I never really challenged myself. This is truly a challenge. However, this wasn’t something I took on myself. I was asked by my work to consider doing this. I thought about it, I prayed about it, I talked with my husband and my boss about it. I felt like God was giving me the go-ahead to pursue it. 

   Now I’m failing my first test? What’s that all about? So I did what my habit is—I took it to God. I did what this verse said—instead of worrying, I told God what I needed and thanked Him for how He’s come through for me in the past.

   I hesitate to say this like it’s a surprise, because I expected God to come through for me, but the next day I scored an 80 on my test, the following day a 92! I still have months of studying, training and test-taking ahead of me…and that’s not easy for this sixty-something mind and body, but when God does a thing He does it well. I just want to make sure He’s getting the glory, because it sure ain’t me.

   What do you have that is tempting you to worry? When you feel it coming on or even begin to think about the possibility of the anxiety coming on nip it in the bud. Immediately stop and give it to Him. He is faithful to see His word come to pass. He will do what He says He will do.

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