Do you get anxious while you wait? Sometimes, I do!
Have you ever gone to a restaurant feeling extremely hungry, but when you get there, it’s a forty-five-minute wait? Perhaps you were on a tight schedule, but you’re stuck waiting in the car for your spouse while they are getting ready? What about having lab work done, but then you have to wait for a doctor’s appointment to receive your results?
I dont know about you, but I get a bit of anxiety! Perhaps not so much from waiting for a I don’t know about you, but I get a bit of anxiety! Perhaps not so much from waiting for a table at a restaurant (at that moment, I’m hangry), but when I know I need to be somewhere, but I’m stuck waiting for someone else, I get anxious! Today, I’ve introduced a new type of waiting period to myself, waiting for my COVID-19 test result!
Waiting for a table to sit at or waiting for someone in my car (although I’m running a little late), pales in comparison to waiting for my test result. So how should I handle my current anxiety? Paul tells us;
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:6-7
Perhaps you find yourself anxious while you wait? How about, instead of being anxious, you talk to God through prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving. Tell God what’s troubling you. Then, God’s peace will come over you to guard both your heart and mind.
While I wait, I will pray. I will pray because I know that the God who has given me peace before will give-me peace again!
What will you do while you wait? Will you be anxious, or will you pray?
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