Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)
I’ve been witness over and over again to God’s provisions, in my life and in others. It inspires joyful celebration within me everytime. But then something happens. Time passes. Another challenge presents itself…and I begin to worry.
My Pastor has repeatedly told me that if I’m going to pray about, there’s no need to worry about it and if I’m going to worry about it, then there’s no need to pray about it. He says this because the two can’t co-exist. Worrying is a contradiction to prayer – worry is an expression of doubt and of disbelief that God truly is able to work it out.
Yet, how is it that I often find myself (I’m sure you don’t do this…) going through a cycle of prayer and then later, when I don’t see any evidence of change, worry? I’m a confessed believer – I know that God is able – what is my problem?
It’s because I can’t see “how” He’s going to work it out. I can see “how” it could be possible. Yet I know that God works with impossibilities all the time. It’s because I’m failing to do what the above scripture (Proverbs 3:5) tells me to do – and I’m leaning on my own feeble understanding. It’s time for me to stop this, and finally digest His Word and allow it to nourish my mind and my body. God’s promises are true!
“…You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.” Joshua 23:14 (NIV)
“…and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Joshua 23:14 (KJV)
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Kiesha holds a Master of Arts in English and is a graduate of the University of Toledo.
