In His Word, God adjures us to daily trust Him, to rely on Him, to place Him in the forefront of our minds as our Sovereign Creator, Redeemer, Prophet, Priest, and King. So, why do so many of us still worry?

For my own part, worry cajoles me into a false truth and a false sense of security. Because of this, I am an almost broken record proponent of reading and memorizing Scripture. My human mind and emotions may tell me many things that feel or sound truthful, but when I know the Truth about what my Creator says, about Who my Creator is, I am better able to battle sin.

Yet, how often I forget I am in a battle! I easily do the very thing Christ and the Apostles warn me not to do – I become complacent. Because of this complacency, sin readily enters my mind and my heart in various forms, one of which is worry.

In Ephesians 6:10-18, the Apostle Paul expatiates on the spiritual clothes and accessories to be worn for this battle in life, which include continual prayer and the Word of God:

Continual prayer. I am to pray without ceasing, give thanks in everything, continually praise the Lord, and ask my Father for wisdom (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:5).

Word of God. I am to saturate my mind with God’s breathed-out Word of Truth. The more I read it, hear it, memorize it, write it down, the more it becomes interwoven in my very being and has a calming effect on my mind and emotions (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Deuteronomy 8:3, Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4).

It is possible that worry is something against which I will continue to struggle as long as I live on Earth, but oh, how comforting it is to know, and how easier it is to battle, when I remember that God has graciously given me weapons with which to fight!