Summary: Author Ed Welch has a very interesting idea about anxiety and fears. His idea is essentially that we have a tendency to turn into false prophets. We begin mulling things over in our minds, thinking about everything that could go wrong. We become convinced that we will lose someone, or that our business will fall apart, or that we won't graduate. It's a dangerous, illogical cycle, and most times those fears do not come to pass.Where have you been a false prophet? When you imagine all the things that could go wrong, you forget about the all-knowing, all-powerful God who saw your entire life, past, present and future before you were born. You have nothing to fear. I'm sure you've heard the saying, "If He brings you to it, He'll bring you through it." As the Bible says in 1 John, "God is love." If He's good, He will carry you through even an unlikely worst-case scenario. Trust God with your family. Trust Him with your finances. Trust Him with your future. Your trust will end the vicious cycle of predicting things that won't happen - and you will embrace freedom that comes with faith in Christ. Watch how God works as you trust Him. He very well might use you to bring another into His Kingdom. Wouldn't that be exciting!?!?!
