Yes, you read that title correctly. Anxiety in a Christian can be healed. I’m not talking about the “going to a religious revival and having hands laid on you” type of healing. I am talking about a healing that comes directly from God Himself!

I speak from experience when I write these words. I have a prodigal son of my own, and it will be a year in April that I have not hugged him or heard his voice. I have been disappointed in the Lord since then. Why does God answer other Christians’ prayers and not this one? I just don’t know why. The Lord impressed upon my heart the very verses that I had made my “life’s verse(s)” when I first got saved 45 years ago.

Pro 3:5-6  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  (6)  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

He reminded who He was and how there are things in life that only HE can solve! The only things I have to contend with during this trial are trying to figure it out on my own, and to acknowledge the only One who can solve this problem. The solution appears simple, doesn’t it? It’s one of those solutions that must be lived out day by day; sometimes even minute by minute!

When you are in doubt that God is working, acknowledge Him! Acknowledge all those wonderful things God has done for you! I had to acknowledge that my faith was weak in this area of restoring my relationship with my son. I had to acknowledge that in my own strength, I could not solve this problem no matter how many countless hours of crying I spent!

I could not stop my heart from being anxious, but I could turn to those verses that encouraged me along the way. Today’s verse says that God’s Word quickens me. The Scriptures spark that glowing ember of the Holy Spirit within me and a healing fire rushes in. Instead of anxiety, my heart is filled with its total opposite – trust.

In your anxiety, who are you trusting in? Only God’s Word can heal that. Trust in Him while you wait!

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