Speak a Good Word to an Anxious Heart

"Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad" (Prov. 12:25, ESV).

Solomon offers sound advise. When anxiety has plagues a person, they need a good word to make them glad. Anxiety often drives us to depression, fear, anger, and the like. It causes us to be weighed down.

Jesus states, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or drink, nor about your body, what you will put on . . . But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you" (Matt. 6:25, 33).

Isn't that a good word? Doesn't lighten your heart? Jesus expressly tells us that we have value to the heavenly Father. He tells us that anxiety is pointless, because it is rooted in a lack of trust. If we will seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, that is, if we will cling to Christ by faith and walk in obedience, God will never fail to provide for us.

The human experience is such the anxiety is a common occurrence. There are so many variables in our life, that it is difficult to know the outcome of any given situation. However, knowledge of the Lord takes most of the guest work out of life. Now I don't mean to sound naive. Trusting the Lord does not mean that our lives will be devoid of trials and tribulation.
Jesus promises us that we will have trials and tribulation in this world, but he also promises to be with us.

We don't have to guess if the Lord loves us, he has already proven it. We don't have to guess if he desires what is best for us, he has already affirmed that to be the case. We don't have to guess what tomorrow holds, because we know who holds tomorrow. We can stop worrying and trust the Lord. We can speak his good Word into our heavy hearts and find the burdens lifted.