Savoring the Scripture

When My Anxious Thoughts Multiply Within Me Psalm 94 When I am tossed to and fro with various reasonings, distractions, questions, and forebodings, I will fly to my true rest, for thy comforts delight my soul. Spurgeon This morning, when you woke up, where did your thoughts immediately go? If you woke during the night, what kept you from sleeping? As you drove into work, what thoughts occupied your mind? For many of us, the thoughts that fill our minds at these moments are the things that concern us, the cares of our heart. When the cares of your heart are many, what do you do? When your anxious thoughts multiply, where do you turn?  The seemingly endless swirl of anxious thoughts and the ways we cope with them can be exhausting and futile. Psalm 94 declares, “When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” the NASB says it this way, “When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul” (94:19). God’s comfort for the anxious heart c...

Psalm 27 Prayer for the Anxious and Fearful But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, “Courage, dear heart,” and the voice, she felt sure, was Aslan’s… C.S.Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined. (1)  Our imaginations wield the power to envision many scenarios which can lead to feelings of fear, anxiety, or worry. Charles Spurgeon said, “Doubtless the shadow of anticipated trouble is, to the timorous minds, a more prolific source of sorrow than the trouble itself.” In other words, we can cause ourselves more fear and anxiety when we spend our time and energy dreading what might come than walking through the actual experience we are dreading.  It is not always easy to battle fear, especially during certain seasons of our lives. But we have the same God on our side that said to Joshua, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and c...