Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

by Max Lucado

Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.

The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.

Anxiety is not a sin; it is an emotion.

Celebrate. Ask. Leave. Meditate. C.A.L.M.

This verse is a call, not to a feeling, but to a decision and a deeply rooted confidence that God exists, that he is in control, and that he is good.

He was, and is, alive, on the throne, and worthy of endless worship.

God calmed the fears of Isaiah, not by removing the problem, but by revealing his divine power and presence.

The next time you fear the future, rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty. Rejoice in what he has accomplished. Rejoice that he is able to do what you cannot do. Fill your mind with thoughts of God.

The mind cannot at the same time be full of God and full of fear.

Ask God for help. “Let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). Fear triggers either despair or prayer. Choose wisely.