Each of us experiences anxiety sooner or later in our lives. Students fret about tests, grades, and friends. Adults worry about jobs and bills. Mothers and Fathers struggle with anxious thoughts about their children. Grandparents worry about what form of world their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will live in. Anxiety affects us all.
Thankfully, God doesn’t leave us to struggle with anxiety alone. He not only cares about our feelings; He has experienced them. In the incarnation, Jesus added humanity to His divinity (Philippians 2:5-8). He lived a human life and experienced the common emotions that we do (Hebrews 2:17; 4:15).
When He prayed in Gethsemane, Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow and anxiety concerning the coming crucifixion (Matthew 26:38-39). The suffering He was going to endure was unimaginably painful. Despite the fear and anxiety, Christ trusted and obeyed the Father.
Our Savior is aware of what it appears like to suffer. He understands our feelings of hysteria.
Because Jesus empathizes with us, we will find help and luxury in Him every time we face situations that make us anxious. We accomplish that by praying, reading Scripture, and obeying Christ’s command to maintain our eyes fixed on the Kingdom. Anxious thoughts crowd our minds less after we are specializing in obeying God.Â
Also, the Lord has provided us with the Holy Spirit who lives inside each believer and known as our Advocate, Comforter, Counselor, and Helper in various translations (see John 14:16, 26). Even if we discover that we would not have words to elucidate the anxiety we feel, the Spirit can convey essentially the most complex and difficult of emotions to the Father (Romans 8:26-27).Â
We are usually not alone or without help.
If you’re fighting anxiety, take heart. There are multiple ways which you could find help from God to cope with the situations and events that cause worry. The necessary thing is to not allow anxious thoughts to drive you away from the Lord. He cares about you and needs you to return to Him with all of your worries and fears (1 Peter 5:7).
Here are five ways to let God handle your anxiety.
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