With the new year approaching comes a lot of change for my husband and me. We’re moving homes and welcoming our first baby, too. These are both exciting things but can also bring a lot of stress and sometimes even worry because my least favorite thing in the world is moving. It can be overwhelming, stressful, and a headache, especially considering I will be 7 months pregnant at the time. My husband can’t wait to move into our new home, but I tend to stress over the little things and worry about how it’s all going to go.
But my gracious husband daily tells me these words, “God has been so good to us and it’s so evident, so why fear?” And honestly every time he tells me this I start to feel a little guilty because he is right.
Who am I to fear or worry what the new year will bring, when it is bringing things that we have been praying for? Who am I to fear or worry what the Lord has for us in these next few months when He has already provided all that we have?
We cannot control anything but only how we respond to the Lord’s blessings.
How are you choosing to respond today?
Are you going to be like me and start to stress over the little things? Or are you going to be the one who daily knows that the Lord has been good and does not live in fear or worry of what’s to come?
Remember what 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control.”
And Isaiah 41:10, “for do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, and I will uphold you with my righteous hand.”
Remember today and everyday that He is a God who is constantly present, who loves His children, and we should seek to know and glorify Him in every thought, action, and response.
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