Many times the challenges of life seem overwhelming, the children’s school fees, unpaid rent, lack of food, and other important needs set to way us down and worried. In most cases, we have done all we know how to do but still, nothing is showing up.

This is when the devil introduces fears and worries. He begins to replay in our minds the many needs and even the urgency of some of them. He will at times even work out a compromise for us to get those needs met.

Rather than focusing on God, the enemy of our souls shifts our focus to the problems and we get worked up. As someone who has been in this state before, I call it a big prison house in the mind. We lose our peace and joy and become quickly irritated by almost everything and everyone around us.

Though those needs and problems are many, God’s word to us is that we should worry about nothing, but by prayer and supplications, with Thanksgiving, we should tell God all our needs (Philippians 4:6).  But some will say, I have prayed and nothing has happened. Yes! Wait for it, worry solves no problems anyways, it rather complicates it.