{"id":2171,"date":"2021-02-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:52:22","slug":"how-to-win-the-war-against-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/how-to-win-the-war-against-worry\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Win the War Against Worry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The preceding year has provided us with multiple opportunities and excuses for worry. Perhaps you fret about finances, family issues, physical problems, or your future. The possibilities are endless. Where can we find relief? What did Jesus advise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life in the First-century World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scholars estimate 90% of first-century Judeans and Galileans lived at or below subsistence level, resulting in fragile economic security.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Most people were tenant farmers, which meant they were one poor harvest away from paralyzing poverty and severe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/how-to-reverse-running-on-empty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shame<\/a>. After paying taxes, they struggled to find enough left over to feed their families. Even most city dwellers lived hand to mouth, wrestling with limited food, water, and sanitation. Can you imagine the daily fear and desperation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an itinerant rabbi, Jesus endured the same conditions as his countrymen. He understood their pain, their misery, their fear, their stress. So what advice did he offer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Do not worry&nbsp;about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.\u2026 do not worry about tomorrow.&nbsp;<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A25&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:25<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A34&amp;version=NIV\">34<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Confusing counsel in any age for those who live on the brink of catastrophe. Then why shouldn&#8217;t we worry? Because we have limited control over the events of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A27&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:27<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Anxiety can consume us when we face difficulties. Because he recognizes our powerlessness, Jesus redirects our energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Seek first [God\u2019s] kingdom&nbsp;and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.&nbsp;<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A33&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 6:33<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that necessities are unimportant, but that they shouldn\u2019t be our primary concern. The peace and provision we seek are by-products of godly priorities and obedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winning over Worry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite knowing worry is a waste of time and life, many succumb to the temptation. How can we resist?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Recognize the source. Worry reveals our distrust of God and desire to control\u2014sins we must confess.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Let the wicked forsake&nbsp;their ways<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and the unrighteous their thoughts.<br>Let them turn&nbsp;to the&nbsp;Lord, and he will have mercy&nbsp;on them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and to our God, for he will freely pardon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFor my thoughts&nbsp;are not your thoughts,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;neither are your ways my ways,\u201d<br>declares the&nbsp;Lord. <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+55%3A7-8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isaiah 55:7-8<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Resolve to seek God\u2019s perspective and plan before ours. Make his ways our way.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Trust in the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;with all your heart<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and lean not on your own understanding;<br>in all your ways submit to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and he will direct your paths.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+3%3A5-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proverbs 3:5-6<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>Replace troublesome thoughts with scripture. Meditate on God\u2019s Word rather than our worries.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua+1%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joshua 1:8<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li>Rest in God\u2019s promises.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust&nbsp;in you.<\/p><cite>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+26%3A3&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isaiah&nbsp;26:3<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>Repeat steps 1-4 whenever necessary.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>God can use our struggles to strengthen our faith when we surrender to him. Instead of worrying, we can trust the Trustworthy One. What if we prioritized God\u2019s purposes over ours, trusting him for all we need? Life would be simpler and our hearts and health stronger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite knowing worry brings neither peace nor results, many succumb to the temptation. 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