“‘I must keep praying’ ‘I feel like just giving up!’ How often has this thought passed through our minds (both yours and mine) in recent months? If I am honest, then I must admit it’s been quite often. I find myself so often in hopeless situations where I know full well that only God can deliver me but God doesn’t seem to have the same urgency as I do. Impatience and unbelief are at least a root o…(tharr be more)f all my problems, and pride isn’t far behind, along with frustration (the fruit of my sin). Deep down I know that the Lord is working in my life and that I would be better off if I waited patiently for His time and His way of deliverance, but there seems to be a constant conflict between wanting to honour my God by doing His will and at the same time worrying myself sick over things which may never happen” (From Apples of Gold).

That’s just it. Nearly all of the energy I spend worrying usually revolves around scenarios that never happen. I go down a rabbit hole of anxiety about a course of events that I think is sure to take place but never even starts in the first place.

Worrying is me trusting in my own finite and limited perspective while faith means trusting in an infinite and all-knowing God. While it’s easy to look back with 20/20 hindsight, faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse (thanks, Philip Yancey).

Faith means to trust that God’s promises are certain and then to live and obey like they’re already fulfilled. Lord, help us to believe when worry is the more natural response. We believe. Help our unbelief!