Prayers for Peace of Mind: Help for Anxiety, Worry, or StressNäide

When Anxiety Shouts

For the Israelites, everything changes when David shows up at the battlefield because David brings something with him that no one else has—a different perspective. Saul, the Israelites, and even Goliath see this as a human battle. But David views it as a spiritual one.

With only a sling and a small stone, David took down a giant. What seemed impossible from an earthly viewpoint became reality when approached with an eternal perspective. Anxiety can make us see only what’s possible within our human limitations. But we, like David, can look beyond those limitations to what only God can do.

Anxiety says, “You can’t.”

Faith says, “God can.”

Anxiety says, “You won’t.”

Faith says, “God will.”

We are never in the battle alone—and that makes all the difference.

When anxiety tries to lie to us, let’s turn to the Truth. Whatever you’re going through today, whatever anxiety is trying to say, God is still at work. Even when we can’t yet see His hand, He’s accomplishing His good plan to give us a hope and a future.⁣

No matter what battle we’re in, what problem we’re facing, or what worries we’re carrying, He is with us and He can handle it all.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

God, thank You that I never have to face anything without You. When anxiety tries to tell me the giant in my life is going to win, bring me back to the truth of who You are again. You will rescue me. You will conquer the giants in my life. This is Your battle. Amen.

TRUTH TO REMEMBER TODAY

We are never in the battle alone—and that makes all the difference.