I'm what people refer to as a "worry wart." I swear I was born worrying about every little thing, whether that be what I'm going to wear the next day, or how I am possibly going to be able to cram all of my assignments into the week.
As Christians we are called to lean on God. We are told to not worry. But no matter how many times I have been told this, I have found it to be very difficult. It is honestly hard for me to place all of my daily worries into the hands of God.
So, my question is, why is handing over my worries to the God of the Universe so hard?
For me, I have found that I must be in constant prayer in order to make this possible. If I just "hand" over my worries to God, they pop into my mind and drive my stress the entire week. The reason being that I never truly gave God anything, I just went through the motion thinking that God would take all of these things and make them disappear, or make them easier. Instead, I must actually talk through each of my problems with God as they come my way.
I have found that if I talk to God while preparing for the test that is stressing me out, that the stress seems to melt away. I have also found that if I turn to prayer when I start to worry, that the worries will start to seem small. So when I start to worry about homework, I talk to God. When I start to stress about financial issues, I talk to God. When I start to worry about Gods timing or my future, I talk to God.
Praying one time a day and "giving" God our worries is not going to do the trick, but being in constant communication and prayer will! He is there listening and willing to help, if you are willing to reach out and truly ask for it.
Remember we are not meant to carry the weight of the world on our own, but our Lord and Savior is more than capable and more than willing.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" Matthew 6:25-27
