Strategies for Attacking Worries

Though the Bible openly encourages us to not embrace an overly anxious spirit, each of us has probably experienced moments in which we were genuinely worried. Perhaps the following suggested strategy, gleaned from the pen of another author, may assist.

• Analysis: Analyze the situation about which you are worried. Plan an attack on the problem causing the worry.
• Prayer: God is able to providentially deliver us. The right kind of praying avails much (James 5:16).
• Action: If there is something that can be done about the problem, then do it. Indecision prolongs worry.
• Acceptance: Some things cannot be changed. We all have limitations and unremovable thorns in the flesh.
• Service: Great strength can come through service. We must look outward.
• Trust: Genuine reliance upon God to take care of us eternally will assist us in smoothing out the rough places along life’s road.

Like Job, we should hand our problems to God, trusting that He will take care of them. Accordingly, the next time that any of us may be faced with the real prospect of worry, let us work methodically to avoid it, knowing that the Lord never encourages the impossible (Matthew 6:34).