Prayer is A Cure for Anxiety

Tip! Prayer is no little thing, no selfish and small matter. It does not concern the selfish insignificant interests of one person. The littlest prayer expands out by the will of God till it touches all words, preserves all interests, and develops man's greatest wealth, and God's greatest good.

"Commit your way to the LORD; Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass." (Psalms 37:5)

THIS PSALM from which our text is taken shows us the spirit of optimism. The Psalmist says: "Do not fret. Evil is transient, evil-doers shall be cut off in a little while and the wicked shall not be anymore." You will not remove the evils of the world by all your anxiety or worry, or by your anger. It is not worth while to lose your peace of mind over it. But be quiet in your heart, full of prayer, looking up to God that He would step in and deliver us.

Also in this Psalm we can see excellent preservatives of the inward calm of the soul when face to face with anxiety, or with high-handed wrongs done to us.

"Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness." (Psalms 37:3)

Think on Him. Expect great things from your Almighty Guide and Friend. He cannot fail you.

"Delight yourself also in the LORD; and He shall give you the desires of your heart." (Psalms 37:4)

If your life is twisted-up concerning earthly things, of course you will be at the mercy of outward things. Familiarize yourself with God's way of thinking and start looking at things through His eyes. If this is the way of your life, you will lose your taste for things of the earth, while you will have great desires for the things of eternity, and God will give you perfect satisfaction in these, because He will give you Himself! The petitions or desires of your heart are very sacred to God, and He will never, never forget them. "He shall give you the desires of your heart."

"Commit your way to the LORD; Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass." (Psalms 37:5)

This could suggest "Commit (Hand-over, Give, Entrust, Assign) your way to the Lord." It is not enough to just hand over the responsibility of selecting our way to God in the great crises of our life. We must do so in the small decisions of every hour. Our lives are made up of trifles. To neglect these is to leave it to drift at haphazard. We need to continually look up to our Heavenly Friend, saying, "I cannot see over the hedge, I must leave with You the decision whether I should go this way or that."

Tip! But how do I know that I am praying in the will of God? Every true attempt to pray is in response to the will of God. Even as clumsy as it may be and untaught by human teachers, but it is accept-able to God, because it is in obedience to His will.

"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. " (Psalms 37:7)

The other words we could us for "Rest (is, silent, quite, or relax) in the Lord". There is so much clamoring in the world, and often our heart becomes filled with its noise, so much so that we cannot hear His still small voice. But when every sound has died down into silence, we will hear the voice of God our Father telling us of things which will answer our questionings and calm our doubts. Let your requests be made known unto God, and His peace will guard your heart against all intruders.

PRAYER

My God and Father, enable me to commit my way on You, to trust You, and to believe that when I stand with You in the perfect daylight I will understand what now I take in trust. In Jesus' name AMEN