God, Turn My Worry to Worshipনমুনা

Help When You Worry About the Future

The world is uncertain, and we’re asking, “What comes next?” The worries throw pebbles at our windows late at night, and we wonder if we should answer. Before we lift the cold glass and let the night in, let’s pause for a story.

Most of us know it already. We’ve read it on thin-papered pages, seen it on flannel boards as wide-eyed children, or watched it unfold on a movie screen. The bush burns with flame and Moses stands on sacred ground. He is given a divine assignment.

When Moses asks God what he should say to those who ask who sent him. God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14 NLT).

What does that have to do with us now? Moses was afraid just like us. And I want to understand how this encounter turned a hesitant speaker into a leader, a fugitive into a fighter, a worrier into a warrior.

I first thought of this one day as I contemplated the future. I asked, “God, why aren’t You here in this terrifying tomorrow I’m picturing?” And it seemed He gave the same reply Moses heard: “I Am.” In other words, “I am with you in this moment. And if you do get to that place you’re imagining, then I will be there too. But I’m not there now because you’re not there, and I am always with you.”

This is the secret: When we dwell on concerns about an imaginary future, we will always feel fear because God’s not there. He is, instead, in our midst. Right by our side. Sharing every step.

This matters because it changes how we make our decisions in this moment. It shifts our perspective from fear-based to faith-based. Instead of choosing what we’ll do based on what might happen, we can choose based on what will be true no matter what happens.

This is what will never change:

God is in control.

We are loved.

He has a good plan for our lives.

We can trust Him.

He is already working on our behalf.

We will never be alone.

Fear whispers that none of this is sure or certain. It tells us we’d better protect ourselves, create our own escape routes, and put walls around our lives just in case. Fear makes us hustlers and hurriers, exhausted and endlessly trying to control it all.

Jesus says to our hearts, “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20 NLT). In other words, we don’t have to trust in a human plans, politicians, headlines, or predictions. No, we can place our trust in the One who loves us, who sees all of history, who is not surprised or startled, overwhelmed or perplexed.

If God is always with us, then aren’t we standing on sacred ground in this moment too? If so, we don’t have to live in fear today.

We don’t need a burning bush to prove His presence; we can rely on His promise to never forsake us. Even in an unpredictable world, we can embrace grace, pursue courage, and rest in His unchanging love.

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Holley