I was on the train recently, going through the normal process of checking emails, bit of light reading and staring with glazed eyes out of the window as I travelled backwards into London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018If you\u2019ve got time to worry you\u2019ve got time to pray.\u2019<\/em><\/strong ><\/blockquote >\n\n\n\nA group of Asian students had got in the same carriage as me and were chatting away, in a language completely unknown to me, then suddenly a cool thing happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of the guys was chatting away, I suddenly heard him say this; \u2018if you\u2019ve got time to worry you\u2019ve got time to pray.\u2019 He then carried on chatting and no more English was spoken during the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sat for a while thinking about that little phrase, I liked it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is perhaps a well-known phrase, but I had actually not heard it before and I think it makes a great point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Worry is something I think we will all have recognised in our lives at some point or other. Worry can creep up on you unannounced and turn a normal moment into a crisis. Worry can also be sitting in your life like a stone in your shoe that doesn\u2019t actually stop you walking and functioning but is doing enough to let you know it\u2019s there and not going anywhere soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bible counters our natural tendencies to worry by giving us a load of really helpful advice. Things like Philippians 4:6-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Don\u2019t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.\u00a0Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This doesn\u2019t say \u2018just worry about the really big stuff that comes along,\u2019 it says that we don\u2019t need to worry about anything. I find that hard to be honest, there are moments when worry takes over. In finances, in health, in employment or in the occasional very dangerous place I\u2019ve been in and wished I had never gone there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So there seems to be something of a law at work here. Not an oppressive law, or a law that binds us and limits our lives but one that frees us. As we pray about everything, thanking God for who he is, then because we have a relationship with Jesus we get the law of peace. This law of peace says that it is a peace that no one can really fathom but even in the midst of what should be a worrying place, we\u2019ve got peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The law of peace in our lives through prayer because we belong to Jesus. I like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image Credit: Aron Visuals<\/p>\n
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