It's not an easy thing to trust in the authority of God. We so badly want to hold on, because we think that if we let go, we won't be in control of the outcome. So we worry... and we worry... and we keep worrying. It's a way we can control the uncontrollable, because it's always on our minds. We keep worrying.
I like the saying that worry is negative prayer -- it's handing something to God and then taking it back, because we can't bear to let go. But to offer it in prayer is to hand it over and not to be in control of the outcome. Do we trust God's wisdom in reality, or just in theory? It's easy for me to tell someone else to trust God -- but when it comes to things that are close to my heart, am I willing to hand that completely over? It's like the saying that it's a procedure when it happens to someone else, but its surgery when it happens to you -- things are different when it's something you care deeply about. Do you trust God's wisdom? Is the one who crafted the stars in the sky and sets the human heart in motion -- is that one trustworthy? Or do you need the outcome to come from your hands?
It's a hard question for us, and it's hard to stop worrying. We need to breathe, to ask the Holy Spirit to come in, and breathe out control of those things that we have a hard time letting go of. Write it down and throw it away. Do whatever it takes, but trust God.
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