How Are You Handling Worry?

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.480 Hi, this is Victoria, thank you so much for downloading 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:38.280 this podcast. I believe God has got amazing things in 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:52.920 your future. I hope you enjoy this message. The other 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:55.960 day I got a phone call and the voice on 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.600 the other end of the phone said, Victoria, I gotta 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.840 kill you something, but don't worry about what I'm gonna 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:08.640 tell you. Well, automatically, my worry was kicked in. That 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.920 was my first response. I thought, Oh my gosh, what 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:16.480 do I have to worry about? You see, that's what happens. 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:21.799 Sometimes our worry automatically kicks in without us even knowing it. 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.880 We just worry when a concern or a care comes 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:31.440 into our life. Now, this particular problem was not huge, 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.600 it wasn't monumental, but it was a problem all the same. 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.560 It was something that needed to be resolved. So I 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.880 had to push pause for a moment and make a decision. 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:49.680 Was I going to let this concern overtake me, cause 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:54.360 my mind to just spin out of control, fret and 0:02:54.639 --> 0:03:00.240 worry until the problem has resolved itself. Was I to 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:06.040 ruin my entire day because of this concern? Or was 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.960 I going to say, God, you got to help me 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.600 with this situation. God, I got to present this to you. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.360 You know everything about me. You said you'd fight my 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.480 battles for me. Now, God, I am giving this to you, 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.520 and I'm going to try to rest and hear everything 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.560 you would want me to hear from you. You see, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.120 we have to make this choice. How are we going 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:35.000 to handle this thing called worry? Are we going to 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:39.280 just work it in our minds? You know, sometimes when 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.720 I worry, it's like I'm really doing something. I'm just 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.920 working it and working it and working it in my mind. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.280 I heard worry was a lot like sitting in a 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:52.000 rocking chair. You're doing something, but it's getting you nowhere. 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.760 We're just working it and working it and working it 0:03:55.880 --> 0:04:01.560 in our minds. And that's so unproductive. Today is how 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:08.880 are you handling worry? Because how we handle worry and stress, 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.480 it's going to make all the difference in our life. 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.240 There's two sisters in the Bible named Mary and Martha. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.760 You can find their story in Luke. Mary and Martha 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:23.400 two sisters. They had a brother. They were obviously, from 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.920 what the scholars say, well to do people. So they 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:27.920 had a lot going on in their life. They had 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.320 money to manage, they had a home to manage, they 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.559 had a lot of things happening. One day, Jesus came 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.960 to their home. He was going to stay with them, 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.280 he was going to fellowship with them. I'm sure they 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.520 were so excited. I'm sure that everybody in the town knew, hey, 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.120 Jesus is coming over to my house. Because this was 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:50.200 a very important person. So I'm sure they were preparing. 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.960 They were getting everything just perfect for Jesus. Jesus came 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.040 to their home and as they were fellowshipping, and as 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:04.039 they were enjoying Jesus, Jesus noticed something about Martha. She 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:08.000 was buzzing around. She was working it, working it, working it, 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:12.400 And he said to her, Martha, Martha, why are you 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:18.600 so anxious and troubled about so many things? You see, 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:22.680 he had observed Martha as they were in this home. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:26.560 He saw how she was handling all that to do 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:31.920 that was going on. But in contrast, here's her sister, Mary. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.080 Now Mary had as much responsibility as Martha did. But 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.880 Mary said, I'm going to take this opportunity when all 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.880 my busyness and all the concerns that I have to 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:49.000 just linger here with Jesus because he's at my house today. 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.240 I want to sit at his feet. I'm going to 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.400 pour out my heart to him so he can pour 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.520 in his thoughts to me. You see, Martha was so 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:05.640 died that her sister would have the audacity to sit 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.200 at the feet of Jesus when there was so much 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.840 to do that she said, Jesus, you need to tell 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.520 my sister to come help me. She needs to get up, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.000 and she needs to get in this kitchen. There's the 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.760 emails to answer, there's stuff on the stove, the kids 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:22.839 needed to be taken care of. There's a bunch of 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:24.760 stuff to do, and she needs to get up and 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:29.080 she needs to help me. Can you believe she would 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.480 even say that to her? Guest of honor, he said, 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:38.719 to her, Mary has chosen the one important thing. She's 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:45.640 chosen that one thing. She's chosen the better way. Now, 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.000 let me just tell you this right now, he said, 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:53.800 there's one important thing. There's a better way. Now. He 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:59.520 was very much aware of the legitimate concerns that these 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:03.920 women had. The Bible says that Jesus said, in this world, 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:07.240 you're gonna have trouble, You're gonna have hardship, You're gonna 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:09.680 have some things that come against you. But be of 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:14.520 good cheer. I have already overcome the world. Be of 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:19.160 good cheer. I've already overcome the world. I guess when 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.160 you look at that scripture, you can say, easy for 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:26.200 you to say, Jesus, you are God. I still have 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.120 these troubles and these concerns. But this is what he 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:35.320 was saying. He wasn't saying that you shouldn't take your 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:40.520 responsibility seriously. He wasn't saying that there weren't legitimately things 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.320 to be done. He was saying, there's one important thing, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.600 and it's the better way. What he was saying is 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.200 all these concerns, all these crises, all these things that 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.440 are coming against you, you need to come hang around 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:57.200 at my feet, linger in my presence, because see, that's 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.720 the one important thing that's gonna help you get through. 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:06.520 That's the better way to handle worry and stress. That's 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:11.560 the better way to handle worry and stress. You see. 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:16.840 I believe that Mary somehow figured out the better way, 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.640 and she did it. It wasn't that she was lazy. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:25.200 It wasn't that she didn't care. Mary said, look, this 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:29.480 is my chance right now to empty out the concerns 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.480 and to put in all that God is. You see, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.360 that's the better way. Have you ever planned a birthday 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.360 party or a holiday celebration at your house or some 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.000 gathering and you were so stressed out that you made 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.439 your own self miserable and maybe some of your friends 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.800 and family as well. There's a better way to handle 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.520 the stresses of life. The word worry comes from an 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:56.239 old English word in the fifteen hundreds that meant to strangle, 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.960 to strangle. I think that's an amazing interpretation of that 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:05.280 word because worry and stress literally chokes the fun out 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:10.400 of life. It literally pressures us in every relationship that 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:14.840 we have. It steals our joy. Think about it. Jesus 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:20.280 was at Martha's house. She couldn't even enjoy the fact 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:24.040 that Jesus was there. She missed the whole beauty of 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:30.040 the moment. She couldn't calm down, relax, and be peaceful. 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.319 She allowed the stress that was going on in her 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:39.480 mind to strain the relationship with her own sister. See, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:44.040 it was an attitude that changed. Worry doesn't change anything 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:49.960 but your personality. It changes your disposition. It doesn't make 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:55.760 the situation better. Actually it makes the situation worse. I 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:59.520 worked with a woman several years ago, and she had 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.839 some legit jgitimate concerns in her life, and I could 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:06.280 see how it was affecting her entire life. Her son 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.240 was in the military and he had been deployed to 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:15.559 another country. She was extremely concerned about his well being 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.360 and if he was going to make it, and how 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:18.240 things were going. 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:19.280 She was so. 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:21.800 Concerned and so worked up that I saw it begin 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:26.200 to change her disposition, change her personality. She could hardly 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.839 even function at work and I said to her, I said, look, 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.440 there's got to be a better way to handle the situation. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.280 I mean, he is there. There is not a thing 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:38.160 that you can do about it. You've got to come 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.480 to this place of peace and rest in the Lord. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.200 So I began to pray with her, and then I 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.000 began to make some suggestions. I said, look, you need 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.920 to get some scriptures. You need to have them ready, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:54.480 just as your warfare. When these thoughts start strangling your 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.280 joy and your peace, you need to write out some declarations. 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.800 When you feel that ten coming against you, you need 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.160 to say God, thank you that my son is in 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.920 the palm of your hand. Thank you Father, that no 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.240 weapon formed against him will prosper. Father, thank you, your 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:14.040 angels have charge over him to keep him in all 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.280 of his ways. He won't even dash his foot against 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.400 the stone, but he'll tread upon the lion and the cobra, 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.199 the young lions shall he trample underfoot? Thank you Father, 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.840 you put a bloodline around him that the enemy cannot cross. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:28.600 Father. 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:33.360 I thank you Lord that my son will come home safely. 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.880 I begin to see her put this into practice. Little 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.400 by little, she began to take control over that worry 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.200 and I could see the strength come back. I could 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:48.679 see her focus and her resolve come back. She began 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:53.520 to praise God in the midst of her fear and 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:58.000 her torment, and it made all the difference in her life. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:04.240 You see, hurry pulls us away from God's power, but 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:09.360 worship and praise draws us to Him and it changes 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:16.960 the situation. I have a good news to report. Six 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:21.920 years servant in the military and her son came home safely. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:29.120 He came home safely because he worries of weight. It 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.560 weighs us down, causes us to not be productive. In fact, 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:37.000 the Bible says, lay aside every weight that would so 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:41.719 easily beset us come on us. So you have to 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:43.720 lay it aside because it says that you have to 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:47.760 run with purpose in every step, and when you are 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.720 weighed down, you can't run. My sweet friend was so 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.280 rayed down she couldn't hardly get to work, much less run. 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.560 You see, when she began to lay aside that weight, 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:05.439 she was able to run out her purpose. See her prayers. 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.800 Her intercession for her son was much more powerful than 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.360 her worry. When she talked to him on the phone, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.600 she could say, son, I want to tell you, I'm 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.240 praying for you. The angels of the Lords have charge 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.400 over you. You walk out, and you be bold with confidence, 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:24.200 know that God Almighty is looking after you. She could 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:28.480 encourage him to pray for himself. You see, when she 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.200 began to lay aside the weight and run with purpose, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:36.760 she was way more effective. There's a technique that I use, 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.480 and I've used it for years and it works for me. 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:43.200 You just got to find something that works for you, right. So, 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:47.559 when I had these concerns in these troubles, I imagine 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:52.720 a big helium balloon, big beautiful balloon, red red balloon. 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.959 It's a power color. And I began to put those 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.160 troubles in that balloon. And I am imagine myself holding 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.480 that balloon by the string, holding it out in front 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.400 of me, with those troubles. And I look at that 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.480 balloon and I let it go and I release it 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.760 to God, and I say, God, thank you that you're 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:15.800 bigger than all these troubles. Thank you that you love me, 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.200 and that you said you'd perfect those things that concern me. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.520 So I'm gonna give them to you. These troubles are 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.360 just gonna go right at your feet. Jesus You're gonna 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.880 take care of them. You see, sometimes I have to admit, 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.000 sometimes I have to let go of a whole bouquet 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:38.160 of balloons. Do what you gotta do, Do what you 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:43.040 gotta do to release the worry and the care, because 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:49.040 Jesus will sustain you when you release it to him. Listen, 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.800 if you feel the pressure, the stranglehold of worry coming 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:56.960 on you, even if it's automatic, push the pause button. 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.840 Let's be like Mary. Let's take a lesson from this 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.960 woman and let's sit at his feet. Let's linger there 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:10.680 for a while. Let's empty out the concerns so that 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:15.320 we'll have room to receive His goodness, his thoughts towards us, 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:20.840 his wisdom, his joy. Listen. Wait, it's only going to 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:25.200 weigh you down, but when you let it go to him, 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.560 all things can be new again. Amen. Amen. 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.320 Thank you for listening to the joelos Deine podcast. Help 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.120 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:42.120 all over the world. 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