The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 72
Hope in the God of Hope!
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
– Romans 15:13
To experience anxiety and depression is to feel like one is forever sinking in a vast, deep, dark abyss with no end in sight that takes one’s breath away. The deeper one sinks the darker it gets until light seems too far to reach. It is also like drowning in the depths of an ocean where one is caught by huge waves that wouldn’t let one go. No matter how one tries to keep his or her head above the water as water replaces the oxygen in one’s lungs one becomes weaker and hopeless, making it impossible for one to reach out for help. These are really awful lonely places to be as one is often misunderstood by other people. Hope is the lifeline and oxygen that one needs to survive. The good news is this hope is Jesus.
Even during these times of struggling with anxiety and depression, the God of hope fills you with all joy to replace depression and peace to replace anxiety. The reason is for you to entrust or commit your wellbeing to, or have faith in Him, whom you can have confident expectation of good or anticipate with pleasure His goodness. This He does through the force or miraculous power or ability or strength of the Holy Ghost.
Therefore, to experience this exchange of joy for depression and peace for anxiety and be empowered with hope, you need to reach out to Jesus. This does not need much effort or energy so even in your weak state only believe in and call on the name of Jesus. He will come and save you.
Shalom!
MY PRAYER FOR TODAY
Abba, I worship and honour You right now because You are the God of hope. Thank You for filling me with joy to replace depression and peace to replace anxiety. I entrust all my wellbeing to you with confident expectation of the manifestation of Your goodness in my life. I declare that because I only believe in and call on the name of Jesus He comes to my rescue. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ precious name with thanksgiving. Amen!
