Exchange Worry for JOY!

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  No need to worry and fret!  Your serving of joy is ready to be served!

            Wouldn’t it be great to never have to worry or plan ahead or take care of details?  At one time, each of us enjoyed that luxury…when we were newborn babies.  Little ones, of course, don’t realize how great they’ve got it.  They have adults running around like crazy, trying to anticipate their every need.  Everyone’s schedule is altered by when the baby needs to eat, sleep, take a bath or a change clothes.  The whole family works to accommodate little Sam or Sara! 

            Newborns are “anxious for nothing”…completely trusting their parents. And then they grow up and become like us---anxious about many things.  WHY do we worry and fret?  Paul tells us in Philippians 4:6-7  (NKJV):

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

            Paul is teaching that we do have a choice…to worry or not to worry.  The passage says for us to let our requests be made known to God…with thanksgiving. If we will release it, He is able to take away all the worry and replace it with sweet peace. That’s a great swap! 

         Exchange your worries for JOY in the Lord!