It means no worries, for the rest of your days........
Worry and anxiety are two of the main silent killers in today's society...they literally suck the life right out of us and can be so extremely detrimental to our health. We lose out on sleep because we are awake worrying about situations we can't change. Did you know that worrying about money won't actually add a single penny to your account? But what it will do is steal any peace and joy that you do have.
Worry never adds, it always subtracts. I have also heard it be said that, "worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have". Majority of the time, we are worried and anxious about something we have zero control over...something that may actually never happen...usually because we have come up with a million "what if" scenerios in our mind about how something may or may not turn out...and then many of us will go as far as analyzing every little detail and come up with plans on what we will do if our "what if's" actually happen.
Matthew 6:34 (MSG)
"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes"
The Lord tells us to give our ENTIRE attention to what He is doing in this current moment...not part of our attention. If our attention is spread out in a thousand different directions, we become overwhelmed and before we know it, that anxiety and worry kicks in. Worry is a negative form of meditation. We are replaying negative things in our mind like a broken record. That negativity doesn't take long before it begins to soak into your spirit and contaminate other areas of our lives. Then we begin to wonder what the heck is going on and why we are feeling the way we are feeling...before we know it we look up and realize how consumed we have been in worrying about problems that we have missed out on so much in life.
I can't speak for anyone but myself...but personally, anxiety stole most of my college life. I was worried about EVERYTHING....to the point where my menstrual cycle stopped and I formed blisters all over my shoulders. I literally had moments where my brain was in such a fog and I could not think straight....moments where I had absolutely zero appetite. I had lost a ton of weight as it was, but being stuck in a place of severe anxiety caused me to loose even more.
No, my battle with anxiety hasn't completely faded, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. I've learned, by the grace of God, how to combat my anxious thinking with positive truths and through prayer....God never promised to take away all of our problems, but He does promise to give us the strength to fight through them.
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
So...whatever season you have currently found yourself in...whatever situation that has you worried sick your stomach....wether you consider yourself to be a believer or not....this can still apply to your life...so, don't give up! I'm praying for you!
Xoxo,
Beth
