Unknown

Anxiety is defined in the dictionary as distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune. My definition is similar. For me, anxiety is the fear of the unknown. No one knows what the next year, next month, next week, or even what the next minute holds. You can label it however you want. Sometimes anxiety is experienced when calling a friend for a favor. Sometimes it's over telling the truth. Sometimes it is over test results, whether school or medical. Sometimes it's about a decision you made but can't get peace. Everyone knows what anxiety feels like. It is your pounding heart, stomach curling, sweaty palms, and mind racing with worry and fear. Anxiety is natural. We all experience it at one time or another. How you deal with it is key.

Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Bible dictionaries actually define "careful" as anxious. So, Paul is reminding us not to be anxious about anything. He says we need to pray and earnestly talk to God. If we talk to God and develop that relationship he'll give us peace. Maybe it is peace about the right decision. Maybe it's peace in a tough time (death or marital problems). Psalms 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. The Psalmist, David, doesn't say we never have fears. He says that when we seek the Lord, the Lord will deliver us from our fears. Anxiety is the fear of the unknown. Psalms 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.