5 Dependable Ways to Let God Handle Your Anxiety

There are many situations in life that produce anxiety. For many people perhaps anxiety is a prevalent and even disabling problem, and you are not sure what to do. This article from Christianity.com offers some helpful ways to deal with anxiety.

Each of us experiences anxiety at some point in our lives. Students fret about tests, grades, and friends. Adults worry about jobs and bills. Mothers and Fathers struggle with anxious thoughts about their children. Grandparents worry about what type of world their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will live in. Anxiety affects us all.

Thankfully, God does not leave us to struggle with anxiety alone. He not only cares about our feelings; He has experienced them. In the incarnation, Jesus added humanity to His divinity (Philippians 2:5-8). He lived a human life and experienced the common emotions that we do (Hebrews 2:17; 4:15).

When He prayed in Gethsemane, Jesus was overwhelmed with sorrow and anxiety about the coming crucifixion (Matthew 26:38-39). The suffering He was going to endure was unimaginably painful. Despite the fear and anxiety, Christ trusted and obeyed the Father.

Our Savior is aware of what it feels like to suffer. He understands our feelings of anxiety.

Because Jesus empathizes with us, we can find help and comfort in Him whenever we face situations that make us anxious. We do so by praying, reading Scripture, and obeying Christ’s command to keep our eyes fixed on the Kingdom. Anxious thoughts crowd our minds less when we are focusing on obeying God.

Also, the Lord has provided us with the Holy Spirit who lives inside each believer and is called our Advocate, Comforter, Counselor, and Helper in various translations (see John 14:16, 26). Even if we find that we do not have words to explain the anxiety we feel, the Spirit can convey the most complex and difficult of emotions to the Father (Romans 8:26-27).

We are not alone or without help.

If you are struggling with anxiety, take heart. There are multiple ways that you can find help from God to deal with the situations and events that cause worry. The important thing is to not allow anxious thoughts to drive you away from the Lord. He cares about you and wants you to come to Him with all your worries and fears (1 Peter 5:7).

Here are five ways to let God handle your anxiety.