Somewhere along the way, many of us absorbed the idea that if we were really trusting God, we’d be calmer. Smoother. Less internally dramatic. Like spiritual swans—gliding peacefully while the world burns.
But anxiety doesn’t automatically mean you’re faithless. It means you’re human.
You can believe in the Second Coming and still worry about next Tuesday. You can return tithe faithfully and still check your bank app twice. You can preach hope and still wake up at 3:17 a.m. rehearsing worst-case scenarios like you’re narrating your own low-budget apocalypse.
Scripture is not a museum of emotionally stable people. Elijah trusted God enough to call down fire from heaven—and then promptly asked to die under a tree. David wrote psalms that swing from “The Lord is my shepherd” to “Why have You abandoned me?” in about six verses. Apparently, faith and frazzled nerves have always shared the same pew.
Anxiety isn’t proof that you don’t trust God. Often, it’s proof that you care deeply—about your family, your future, your calling, your integrity. The mind just tries to protect what the heart values.
Trust isn’t the absence of adrenaline. It’s choosing to lean toward God while your heart races anyway.
So if you’re praying with shaky hands, congratulations. That still counts.
God is not standing back, disappointed that you’re nervous. He is near—steady when you are not, calm when you can’t be, patient with your spirals.
Anxiety doesn’t cancel faith. Sometimes it’s the place where faith learns to breathe.
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