Fret not yourself

"Fret not yourself—it tends only to evildoing."

~Psalm 37:8b AMP

 

Resting in the Lord does not depend on external circumstances at all, but on your relationship to God Himself, are words that I read today, that got my attention. 

These are that followed by O. Chambers:

 Fussing always ends in sin. We imagine that a little anxiety and worry are an indication of how really wise we are; it is much more an indication of how really wicked we are. Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way. Our Lord never worried and He was never anxious, because He was not "out" to realize His own ideas; He was "out" to realize God's ideas. Fretting is wicked if you are a child of God.

 

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

 

Lord, we hear that we are not suppose to worry. Thank You for pointing this truth to me to know why actually. If worry springs from a determination to get my own way and is caused by calculating without You, then I do not want to worry anymore. Ever! My circumstances are not too much for You. I can rest in You, because I am not dependent on my external circumstances, but on my relationship to You. I know I can trust You, for You care for me...

 

Keep CZECHING IN!