I Get So Anxious

"I have a problem with anxiety."

"I'm going to need to take an extra anxiety pill"

"I get so anxious"

"My whole family has issues with anxiety."

I'm hearing these statements from people in the world around me and I feel like I'm surrounded by anxiousness.

Don't get me wrong - I have moments of anxiety.  Who doesn't in our crazy culture?

But then I remember what Jesus says to me in Matthew 11:28-30.  "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.   Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

'Burdened' means 'anxious' to me.  You and I are burdened when we start to worry about all the things we're not in control of.  We are burdened when we focus on all the negatives in our lives.  We are burdened when we become afraid of the unknowns - all those terrible things that could happen to us and the people we love.

 Jesus gives me rest for my soul when I listen to his voice and lay at his feet all the things that make me anxious.  His yoke is easy and his burden is light because he can be trusted.  Jesus loves you and me and has promised to work it all out for our good.  This includes the multitude of things that you and I worry about.