In the New Testament, Jesus talks about faith versus anxiety. Matthew 6:26-28 (TLB) Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat—they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food—for your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are. Will all your worries add a single moment to your life? And why worry about your clothes? Look at the field lilies! They don’t worry about theirs.
Philippians 4:6-9 (MSG) Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.
1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
The Bible clearly spells out in Philippians 4:6 the antidote for worrying: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and praises with thanksgiving let your concerns be made known to God. True freedom from worry comes from releasing them to God.
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ― Corrie Ten Boom
“The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.” ― Rick Warren
The opposite of anxiety is faith. In faith, we can make all our decisions confidently because God will guide us. Faith isn’t that we understand everything – faith is doing it anyway because we trust in God’s care and guidance!
Romans 8:28 (NKJV) And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Malachi 4:2 (NKJV) But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
I conclude with part of the lyrics of the song God will take care of you, by Civilla D. Martin. “Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath his wings of love abide, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, through ev’ry day, o’er all the way; He will take care of you, God will take care of you. Through days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you; When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you. No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you; Lean, weary one, upon his breast, God will take care of you.”