Several years ago, health experts publicized a new category of blood pressure level that they called "pre-hypertension". This category affects millions of Americans whose blood pressure is 120-139 over 80-90. These individuals do not have high blood pressure yet and do not need medication, but unless they change their lifestyle and eating habits, it's highly likely that eventually they will.
Here's a spiritual fact which will help your "pressure": "You can cast all your anxieties on God because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).
CAST
The word "cast" means to throw something onto someone else. When we "cast" our anxieties on God, we let go of them. We turn them over to him. This is a present tense command, so that we are to make this decision continually. Every time the worry comes back, give it to God. Again and again and again. it's an imperative, so that if you're carrying anxiety in your own hands and heart, you're disobeying the word and will of God. He wants you to give him your worries, the moment they arise in your mind.
ALL YOUR ANXIETIES
"All your anxieties" is the next phrase. "All" leaves no exceptions. "Anxieties" points to any stress, problem, or worry. We are allowed none of these for ourselves. Mark it down: there is no problem so large you cannot trust it to God, and none so small you can trust it to yourself. My tendency is to solve my problems myself, turning to God only when I must. But I've learned that he would much rather guide me into his will than repair the mistakes made by my own will.
ON GOD
Cast your anxieties "on God," trusting them into his power, providence, and provision. The Creator of the universe can be trusted with any problem encountered therein. You go to a doctor for physical problems and a lawyer for legal advice, because they are the best qualified in their respective fields. Go to God with your anxieties, for his omniscience and omnipotence are the best resources in all of creation.
BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU
Make this decision "because he cares for you." "Cares" means that he feels compassion for you. He knows your problems, for he faces them with you. He feels your pain, shares your stress, suffers your grief. He is Immanuel, God with us. History is filled with men who would be gods, but only one God who would be man.
What anxiety most burdens you this morning? What will you do with it, right now?
"Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-8
Here's a spiritual fact which will help your "pressure": "You can cast all your anxieties on God because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).
CAST
The word "cast" means to throw something onto someone else. When we "cast" our anxieties on God, we let go of them. We turn them over to him. This is a present tense command, so that we are to make this decision continually. Every time the worry comes back, give it to God. Again and again and again. it's an imperative, so that if you're carrying anxiety in your own hands and heart, you're disobeying the word and will of God. He wants you to give him your worries, the moment they arise in your mind.
ALL YOUR ANXIETIES
"All your anxieties" is the next phrase. "All" leaves no exceptions. "Anxieties" points to any stress, problem, or worry. We are allowed none of these for ourselves. Mark it down: there is no problem so large you cannot trust it to God, and none so small you can trust it to yourself. My tendency is to solve my problems myself, turning to God only when I must. But I've learned that he would much rather guide me into his will than repair the mistakes made by my own will.
ON GOD
Cast your anxieties "on God," trusting them into his power, providence, and provision. The Creator of the universe can be trusted with any problem encountered therein. You go to a doctor for physical problems and a lawyer for legal advice, because they are the best qualified in their respective fields. Go to God with your anxieties, for his omniscience and omnipotence are the best resources in all of creation.
BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU
Make this decision "because he cares for you." "Cares" means that he feels compassion for you. He knows your problems, for he faces them with you. He feels your pain, shares your stress, suffers your grief. He is Immanuel, God with us. History is filled with men who would be gods, but only one God who would be man.
What anxiety most burdens you this morning? What will you do with it, right now?
"Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-8
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