Worthless Worry

Continued from "The Curse Of Anxiety":
"Dear me, dear me." Too high, too fast. Too much, too little. With all the potential danger in the world, there seemed to be only one response-worry. What about you? Has worry become a dominating factor in your life? Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)
"An anxious heart weights a man down," Proverbs 12:25 tells us. And yet the heavy burden of anxiety offers no real benefits. Jesus highlighted this basic futility when he reminded us, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:27). No wonder Jesus warned Martha about her anxiety. No wonder the Bible tells us more than 350 times to "fear not". If anxiety caused God's closest friends, Adam and Eve, to hide from his face, just imagine what worry must do to you and to me.