The Gospel For Your Stress.
So I had a stress management training today at work. It stressed me out. I guess it was stressful because there were many people-all of whom decided to talk all at once, all the time. And so I was getting anxious about anxiety. Is that weird? Even the discussion about what causes stress was stressful.
Last year I went into the hospital because of a panic attack. I was stressed. But we love stress. We thrive on it! Americans are consistently showing up as the most stressed people on the planet! And so we drug ourselves with coffee. Great idea. (I drink decaf, only in the winter).During this training I had to stop, close my eyes, and pray. I didn't want to be there for one, but two, I was seriously getting upset about the training. Why? Because I lack faith. When our faith isn't properly secured in the gospel, we worry and get anxious. I believe firmly that I'm a man who has faith. But sometimes it is just weak. It's weak because I'm more concerned about other things other than Jesus. It's hard thought isn't it? It's hard to always have faith all of the time. I think Scripture is clear that God grants faith and so I prayed today that I would have faith and that this faith would secure me in the gospel and not cause me to worry.Maybe that was the answer to the gospel-less answers I got today. Faith.
