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We are continuing steady in Season 1 titled “Back to the Basics.” Episode 8, Anxiety & the Antidote, will teach us that Christ’s plan for us is to live in peace and not torment.

Worry does not add anything to our lives, it merely subtracts. It takes the life out of living. The peace from our minds will vanish if we do not guard our thoughts and be diligent to live a life of gratitude, prayer, faith, and unrelenting trust in the Lord as our provider.

Jesus mentions the birds and the lilies. He affirms the value of humanity is worth much more than the animals or the flowers. You have inherent value as an image bearer of the Most High God. You have always been worth it to the Lord. Nothing you can do will make you less worth it—or more worth it. You are just worth it friend!

The birds trust that every morning they wake up there will be a worm or a bug to eat, a branch to land on when they’re tired, and a waterhole somewhere to drink from. They trust because 100% of their days it has been that way, so it must be true. 

The lilies are planted and buried in soil, if you will, and must trust in an unseen outside force to bring the water, the sun, and the nutrients necessary for it to thrive. No hands to water itself, no source of its own. But yet it trusts and grows in a steady, solid pace, into what it must become.

The Lord is asking us to be like this. The world/the lost/the Gentiles/etc seek after things to fill them up. The more they possess, the more full they will be, only to realize that no amount of money, possessions, success or lovers will ever keep you satisfied if you don’t have a relationship with Jesus. 

He is the source of fulfillment. Everything means nothing if He’s not in it. The believer also seeks—-all people were made to seek—but sons and daughters seek His kingdom, His righteousness and depend on Him to supply all of their needs. He never promised us our wants, but He did say we would have what we needed. Yet, He is still so kind, that He will give us some of our wants, when they do not go against His will or plans for our lives. He shows up in the smallest ways that make the biggest impact on us.

One way to combat anxiety is to take control of your thought life through prayer and gratitude. We went to Phillipians 4:6-8 for a list of what we can choose to think on instead of what fills us with worry, anxiety or fear. Listeners are encouraged to write these scriptures down and put them somewhere you can see them, so that this discipline may be adopted into your life.

I hope you enjoy this episode and will continue to follow along with us as we endeavor to walk this path together, and sit at the table of the Lord and feast together!

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments that you may have. We will do our best to answer in a timely manner either in writing or on another future episode! But we do want to hear from you and be able to interact with you. 

May God bless you! Can’t wait to see where we grow from here. It’s an honor to be able to speak into your lives, and I don’t take it for granted!