The Worry Snuggie (10/29/2009)

The Worry Snuggie (10/29/2009)

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? (Matthew 6:27)

Worries. Nerves. Anxieties. Fears.

A thousand words.

One feeling.

That you are not in control.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, how young you are. It doesn’t matter if you are in school, or have a full time job, or even if you sit around the house all day eating bon-bons and watching brain-dead talk shows or the latest “Judge” show.

Worry impacts all of us. It infects us like a bad cold and slowly but surely, it completely takes over all of us. It’s like wrapping ourselves in a “Worry Snuggie.”

But there is a huge problem with the Worry Snuggie. That is, instead of making us feel all warm and toasty, the Worry Snuggie saps us of every ounce of energy we have. The Worry Snuggie plays havoc with our minds and emotions because as we wrap ourselves even tighter in the Worry Snuggie’s grip, we put our minds into overdrive by over-thinking with the thought of “if I can barely get by today, how on earth am I going to deal with tomorrow?” And it’s an endless cycle that keeps us from enjoying the life God intends for each of us to live everyday.

A few weeks ago in the small group I attend, we talked a lot about living happily in the “here and now,” and about how difficult it is to give God our problems in a culture where we are literally bombarded with thoughts, images, and false promises that we can do it all, and that we somehow have this magical power to flip a switch and make everything all better.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Because every time we try to go solo and tackle something in our life that looks and feels so overwhelming – whether it be a test or paper in school, a project at work, or dealing with difficult people, we are simply going to lose.

Why?

Because we tried to do it on our own, without God. And by going alone, we tried to become God.

Are you worried today? Over money, or flunking a test at school, or falling behind at work, or losing a relationship?

Then try something new today – try keeping God big in your life, and yourself small. God knows what you are going through, and absolutely wants to help you, right now. Just give it to him, and let God be God, and you be you.