Wild Horses: Tame Your EmotionsSample

We all have them. “Wild horse” emotions that, if unbridled, can run roughshod through our souls, lives, and relationships. They can even destroy us. Yet these same wild horse emotions, if brought under control, can carry us to new levels of success.

Emotions are powerful. They can fill our minds and shape our thoughts. That’s why it is absolutely vital for the believer not to be controlled by emotions.

You may be one who is given over to worry. Maybe your earliest memories of your parents are seeing them worry and fret around the house. Now you’re a professional worrier, and you came by it honestly.

Do you worry more than you should? Worry is a common denominator. The rich worry. The poor worry. The intelligent and illiterate worry.

God is well-versed in the human condition. Psalm 139 tells us that He formed our inward parts and covered us in our mother’s womb. He calls us fearfully and wonderfully made, and all the days ordained for us were written in His book. He knows where we came from, what we’re doing, and the inner workings of our hearts.

But what does the Bible say about worry? Be anxious for nothing. Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere. Worry not only brings stagnation to your life, it can cause you to slip backwards — pushing you farther away from where you hope to be.

I want you to focus on those four words — be anxious for nothing — because they will help your marriage, your health, your future, and your soul. For the child of God, peace is your portion, and worry has no place in your life. Your citizenship is in Heaven, and no one is pacing back and forth on those streets of gold worrying about all the things God has already taken care of.

If you want to find one of the surest and most clear paths to mental peace and, therefore, peace that overshadows your life, you would do well to often quote the words of that verse: Be anxious for nothing.

Those are words you need to internalize. Write them on a card, tape them to your refrigerator, say them out loud throughout the day. If you can fully absorb those four words, it will change your life and even change your family tree.