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The Anxiety Series: Letting Go of the Grip

No matter how balanced we are in life, sometimes we forget... that all we have... came from the Lord... From the most powerful of countries... to the richest CEO... to the wisest of all theologians.. to the most brilliant of cutting-edge scientists... nothing is decided, permitted, exposed, or enacted without God's stamp of approval...

This... for the majority... is a hard pill to swallow... if you believe in the Bible, and its contents... as truth and not legend or myth... then you must believe in everything that is implied... for a person of wisdom, research, skepticism, and doubt... convincing them that faith is imperative for a "free ride in eternity" does not make sense... that is why the Bible says "wide is the road" leading to hell... and "narrow is the road" leading to heaven...

this is because... rationale and "sense" mean everything to most people... the road is considered "wide" entering hell... because most people refuse to believe... the road is "narrow" to heaven because only a few people will set aside "logic" and believe in a God they will never see... and have faith in a promise that they never heard uttered...

So both sides have played their cards... and only at death... will the winning hand be revealed... Until then, we wait... we doubt... we convince... we ignore... we try... The "not-knowing" is relative to a waiting room in a hospital... anxious family members waiting for a "white coat" to enter with news... some have faith.. some thinking the worst... no one is in control.. only the white coat holds the information...

David, in 1 Samuel, got tired of waiting... He called his most trusted advisor and tasked him with a census of his available army in Israel and throughout Judah... His advisor questioned King David and told him that it did not matter how many men were in their army... and that God would multiply their men at war... no matter what the "numbers" showed... King David insisted...

Because of David's one doubt... 70,000 people of Israel died... God sent a plague on Israel to show David that he did not need a census to control his army... God would be with David to fight his battles... this is a dangerous example of the Old Testament God... who seemed "easily angered"... with a lack of compassion...

The truth was... that God's people.. the Israelites... needed constant reminders... alerts... sirens warning of disaster... their faith was limited to what they could see in the present... blinders distorted the miracles they witnessed in the past... anxiety and control... forced them to take their own action... which leads to disaster, disobedience, and death....

We must stop fighting for control... we will never be the chief decision maker for our life... if we can let go of our grip... finger by finger... and with our small hand... lift our object of control.. to the most powerful hand.. of God... we can then rest in the peace and knowledge that we will follow and worship... instead of lead and destroy... we become servants instead of self-made rulers... children of God instead of enemies.............

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