Faith Overcomes Worry – Part Five

Matthew 6: 25 – 34

        One Christian described the difference in his life as being as simple as the letter “l.” Worry, he said, happens when I am in the world and peace is mine when I am in the Word.

        For spiritual victory and in order to win over worry we must get in the Word and get the word in us.

        “The care (pressures) of this world…choke the word,” said Jesus. Program your mind with such Bible facts as:

        “My God shall supply all thy need…” Phil. 4:19.

        READ: Phil. 4: 6-7.

        Yet another appeal to let your mind marinate in God’s word is found in verse 8  =  READ.

        You cannot apply Bible truth to life and worry. Each is excluding the other. Which prevails depends upon your will.

        Peace and courage dispel anxiety and worry.

        We with Jesus are like two mountain climbers at a perilous point before the summit. Jesus is ascending first. He has reached the summit and from that lofty vantage point of safety shouts, “I made it. You can make it too. I will help you.”  Our victory is sure in Jesus. He has won the war.

        The battle of New Orleans pitted the rag tag forces of Andrew Jackson coupled with the pirates of Jean Lafitte against the mighty British army that had defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Both forces fought valiantly. However, what happened on the Chalmette Battlefield that day would not have changed the course of the war. The war ended before the battle was fought. Word of the British surrender had not reached the battlefield. Victory was assured by the American forces because they had won the war. They fought valiantly because to them their battle was of importance. 

        Jesus has won the victory for us. We can engage in our mopping up action one battle at the time with confidence.  Don’t worry about it.

        He, the ultimate overcomer, is the overseer of the overcomers.

        He is the enabler of the unable.

        The outlook is good because the outcome is assured.

        Faith in Jesus and compliance with His encouragement can prevent worry and empower any person of faith to find peace that passes understanding.