So how do we get out of worry? I have good news: it can be done. God wouldn’t tell us not to worry if it wasn’t possible. The Bible tell us not to worry, and it tells us how to trust God and get out of worry.
I learned something very interesting about ships. To keep water from flooding the entire ship, the captain can pull a lever, closing doors and locking them, isolating a flooded section. That keeps the water from flowing into the rest of the ship and sinking.
One of the keys to getting out of worry is to live in today. Just like a ship, we need to seal off worry from the present. You see people all around you fussing and fretting, going around in a circle of worry. They haven’t locked it up.
Worry about the past? Lock it up. Worry about the future? Lock it up. We can’t control it anyway.
Focus on today. I love how the Psalmist puts it:
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)
Keeping a “today” mentality is a very important key. Life is fragile but today is a wonderful gift from God. If you spend it worrying about what has already happened or what might happen next, you will drown in a spiral of things you cannot control.
We may not feel glad. We may not feel like thanking God for the day. Do it anyway. When I get up in the morning, I begin with: “Thank you, God, for the gift of this day.”