Matthew 6:34 (New Living Translation)
34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Most of the stuff we worry about never happens, or turns out better than we anticipate. Worry, like faith, is a spiritual force. Like a magnet, it attracts the very things we fear, clouds our judgment and distorts our perspective.......
God never intended us to carry tomorrow's burdens along with today's........
So, here are 3 ways that helps me conquer worry.........
1) Replace it......
Telling somebody not to worry doesn't work. Worry is like an emotional spasm; the only way to break it is to replace it.
Philippians 4:8 (Contemporary English Version)
8Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.
2) Dissect it.......
1 John 4:17-18 (The Message)
Isaiah 40:29-31 (New Living Translation)
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 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.
He gives power to the weak: After explaining all the greatness and glory of God, now Isaiah explains another benefit we can receive from our God - He gives us His great power!
Notice who God gives power to: the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Those who are proud and confident in their own wisdom and strength will receive no strength from God.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary: Those who thought themselves strong find themselves weak. God’s strength is reserved for those who know they are weak, and know they have no might.
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength:
How do we receive this strength from the Lord?
We receive it as we wait on the Lord. The idea behind wait on the Lord is not a passive sitting around until the Lord does something. Yes, God gives us strength; but we don’t expect it to come as if He were pouring it into as you sit passively. He brings it to us as we seek Him, and rely on Him, instead of our own strength.
If we are weak, it is because we do not wait on the Lord!
We are also told that we renew our strength. It is strength that was once received when we first came to the Lord in weakness and no might. Then, that strength is renewed as we wait on the Lord.
Renew is “from a basic meaning ‘to change’ . . . [it] comes to mean ‘to put on afresh’: here, ‘keep putting on fresh strength.’
They shall mount up with wings like eagles: This is the measure of strength the Lord gives us - strength to soar above everything else.
They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint: This is the purpose of the strength the Lord gives us - strength to move forward and progress for Him. It isn’t strength to show off, but strength to go forward in.
Weak in Isaiah 40:29 and faint in Isaiah 40:30 are the same Hebrew word, which means “failure through loss of inherent strength.”
Weary in Isaiah 40:30 is a different word, which means “exhaustion because of the hardness of life." If we are worn out for either reason, God is here to give us strength - if we will wait on Him!
First we mount up with wings like eagles. Then we run. Finally we walk. Does it seem out of order? Not at all.
First, we recognize that we soar up into heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Then we set ourselves on the course to run the race (Hebrews 12:1).
Hebrews 12:1 (New Living Translation)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Then we are in the good place to walk the walk.
Colossians 2:6 (Contemporary English Version)
6You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him.
Matthew 6:34 (New International Version)
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 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.
He gives power to the weak: After explaining all the greatness and glory of God, now Isaiah explains another benefit we can receive from our God - He gives us His great power!
Notice who God gives power to: the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Those who are proud and confident in their own wisdom and strength will receive no strength from God.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary: Those who thought themselves strong find themselves weak. God’s strength is reserved for those who know they are weak, and know they have no might.
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength:
How do we receive this strength from the Lord?
We receive it as we wait on the Lord. The idea behind wait on the Lord is not a passive sitting around until the Lord does something. Yes, God gives us strength; but we don’t expect it to come as if He were pouring it into as you sit passively. He brings it to us as we seek Him, and rely on Him, instead of our own strength.
If we are weak, it is because we do not wait on the Lord!
We are also told that we renew our strength. It is strength that was once received when we first came to the Lord in weakness and no might. Then, that strength is renewed as we wait on the Lord.
Renew is “from a basic meaning ‘to change’ . . . [it] comes to mean ‘to put on afresh’: here, ‘keep putting on fresh strength.’
They shall mount up with wings like eagles: This is the measure of strength the Lord gives us - strength to soar above everything else.
They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint: This is the purpose of the strength the Lord gives us - strength to move forward and progress for Him. It isn’t strength to show off, but strength to go forward in.
Weak in Isaiah 40:29 and faint in Isaiah 40:30 are the same Hebrew word, which means “failure through loss of inherent strength.”
Weary in Isaiah 40:30 is a different word, which means “exhaustion because of the hardness of life." If we are worn out for either reason, God is here to give us strength - if we will wait on Him!
First we mount up with wings like eagles. Then we run. Finally we walk. Does it seem out of order? Not at all.
First, we recognize that we soar up into heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Then we set ourselves on the course to run the race (Hebrews 12:1).
Hebrews 12:1 (New Living Translation)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Then we are in the good place to walk the walk.
Colossians 2:6 (Contemporary English Version)
Matthew 6:34 (New International Version)
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
