Confession of an Overthinker

I have been struggling to sleep at night. My thoughts are not what they ought to be.  I over think everything from theology to past events in my life.  All the A to Z's in my life tend to crowd my mind. I become anxious about all the puzzle pieces God has given me. In these moments I allow my anxiety over the puzzle pieces to become greater than the One who placed them there.

This past week, I read a week long devotional about anxiety and how to overcome it.  I was reminded of some simple concepts.

1. My anxiety is not greater than Jesus. The finished work of the cross of Jesus Chrost gave me victory over every sin, illness, mistake, and struggle. 

2. Do not idolize your anxiety over God. God is sovereign in our lives. He works, he completez, he finishes his work in us (Philipppians 1:6). Anxiety is not sovereign and should not sit on the throne of your heart where Jesus should be sitting.

3.Hebrews 12:1-2
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."