BUSYنموونە

UNDER

To be under is extending or directly below or at a lower level than something or someone. Do you feel "under" a weight of any sort? Most people do feel a weight from something in their lives. If you're a breathing child of God and you're not currently IN a battle of some sort, or just got out of one, then be on the lookout, because there's always one on the horizon as a follower of Jesus Christ.

We are continually bombarded by tactics from the enemy that can make us feel like we're under immediate stress, strain, doubts, fears, anxiety, and panic. He stops at nothing with a child of God doing his best to obey Christ. He doesn't have to worry about those who aren't trying...they are no threat to him! Those who have great potential for the Kingdom are usually the ones who endure the most significant hardships. God says that we are blessed when we are persecuted! (Matt 5:11) He goes a step further, to tell us that we are to "count it all joy when we suffer!" (James 1:2, Rom 5:3-5)

The best idea is to search God's Word to see what He has to say about being under the weight of all the issues. We are to seek God for His Peace, because He is Perfect Peace, and only in Him can we overcome any of these things. (John 16:33)

The devil is ecstatic when we submit to the weights of this world and allow it to affect us negatively...after all, his plans are for the destruction of families. (John 10:10)

Philippians 4:6-7 tells us to "be careful for nothing." To be "careful" here is not to allow yourself to succumb to the cares of this world (enemy tactics) and enable those cares to affect how you feel and respond/react.

WHAT TO DO WITH MY WORRIES? "IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION LET YOUR REQUEST BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD."

How much is "everything?" Nothing is off limits to Jesus. Bring it ALL to Him.

"Oh, what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer."

Care does not bring the solution; prayer delivers the solution.

So, could you turn your cares into prayers? When you develop this habit, you will soon feel the weight of "being under" lift!