Dealing with Anxiety 3

We take off from yesterday.... The third step is Thanksgiving. We explored Prayer and Supplication previously...

Whenever you choose to give thanks your 'nothing' suddenly becomes 'something'. I can imagine that the disciples considered the 5 Loaves and 2 Fishes as nothing compared to what they really needed. See what they said "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but WHAT ARE  THEY AMONG SO MANY? " - John 6:9

We must learn to give thanks in every situation. The Word also says "Giving thanks ALWAYS  FOR ALL THINGS unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" - Ephesians 5:20

Jesus knew better, he wasn't anxious, his first response was to tell the people to sit down, he actually calmed things down and he then GAVE THANKS. He gave thanks for what we would call 'nothing' among so many people. One reason why we not be experiencing the good things of God may be because we have called 'something' as 'nothing'.

You would remain anxious as long as you do not recognize and thank God for that which you do have. Remember we talked about Taking One day at a time, if you do that, you'd realize that God has daily loaded you with benefits, his mercy preserves you daily and endures, his banner of love is over you daily and many more specific things that God does for you. Learning to take a moment each day to thank God will delete anxiety from your life forever. If you can recognize that that which you have is Something, if you can recognize that you already have something then you're already on your way to the Peace that Passes Human Understanding. (Phillipians 4:6)

I charge you Tonight, Let your Thanksgiving be more than your complains.

Action Point/Prayer

Take a moment Now To give God thanks for those things he has done in relation to the situations that makes you anxious.

Be Blessed,

Oluwatobi Adesanya