Turning Worry Into Worship
A sweet friend sent me an unexpected gift a couple weeks ago- a book called “Pressing Pause: 100 Quiet Moments for Moms to Meet with Jesus” by Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk. We all need friends like that, right?! This friend is not yet a mother but has such discernment to the strong need for a short pause from the chaos to turn my mind toward Jesus. What a blessing!
Here are a few excerpts to share with you from my first devotional from the book!
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25
“I think I have the worry gene, and I’m sure I got it from my mother. She passed down to me her aqua-blue eyes, her slightly crooked smile, and her tendency to worry.
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Over time I’ve noticed something about worry: 99 percent of my past fears never came to pass. However, I spent oodles of time fretting about them. How I wish I could redeem that time and do something productive instead! What if I had turned my worry to worship?
Contrast my attitude with the woman in Proverbs 31:25: ‘She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.’ There’s no weariness in her thoughts and actions. She laughed at the days to come – not in a careless sort of way, but with a confidence that came from God.
Because she wore strength and dignity due to her faith in God, she had a smile on her face and laughter in her heart when she considered the future. She trusted in God, whose faithfulness in the past assured her He would work out circumstances in the future.
God can use or tendency to worry to grow our faith. As we learn to turn our panic into fervent prayer and praise, trusting God’s plan and timing, our relationship with God will be strengthened. Each time we urn worry into worship, we will find it easier to laugh at the days to come, like our Proverbs 31 sister.
God knows our future as well as He knows us. Our act of trust is to seek to know Him more as we place our future in His hands. Oh, and to laugh a little more often.”
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Think about your three greatest worries. Spend time in prayer this week specifically trying to turn these worries into worship and giving them to God!
