ODB: GAD or God?
August 11, 2009
Worry is a burden God never intended us to bear.
READ: 1 Peter 5:6-11
Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. —1 Peter 5:7
Are you a chronic worrier? Do you worry about bills, the future, health, debt, marriage issues? Has worry so consumed you that you have become “a fret machine”? If this describes you, perhaps you have generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD—a condition marked by a perpetual state of worry about most aspects of life. According to David Barlow, professor of psychology at Boston University, “the key psychological feature of GAD is a state of chronic, uncontrollable worry.” A little anxiety is normal, but constant worry is not.
Overwhelmed by suffering and persecution, the first-century Christians were driven out of Jerusalem and scattered throughout Asia (1 Peter 1:1-7). Many of these Jesus-followers were experiencing feelings of distress because of possible danger or misfortune. Peter encouraged these believers not to be filled with anxiety but to cast all their worries upon God (5:7). He wanted them to realize that it made very little sense for them to carry their worries when they could cast them on God who cared deeply about what happened to them.
Are you a chronic worrier? Let God be responsible for your anxieties. Stop worrying and start trusting Him completely. — Marvin Williams
Source: Our Daily Bread
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I just been blessed by the devotion today. I have a big worries about my scholarship to Melbourne in Feb 2010 that the allowance they’ll give seems to be insufficient for the living cost there and my parents seem to have no money to afford for the rest of the cost I would need. Then today GOD reminds me that if I put all my worries about this money to HIM then HE will surely make it enough. I cried when I write this because I thought there is no way in front of me, but I know that GOD is preparing a highway for me somewhere and HE wants me to believe that HE cares. HE is great.
Never a trial that He is not there,
Never a burden that He does not bear;
Never a sorrow that He does not share—
Moment by moment, I’m under His care. —Whittle
Our great Jehovah Jireh provides even for the sparrows and lilies of the field, how much more will He not also provide for us (Matthew 6:25-26), His beloved children!
sometimes in life when i have problems. i dont share them with God or let God help. I guess it’s pretty much a normal human’s response. However we should always trust God and believe that He will provide us with the best. (: