We are living in a world filled with uncertainties.

We are in an era which forces us to always be on edge, always on a planning mode, nothing is ever in full completion. No joy lasts forever. Celebration of one thing would generate worries for what will happen tomorrow. It is not uncommon to see a graduand think about whether he or she will be employed in the midst of his or her graduation ceremony, nor is it rare to see a person who just got into the university of his or her choice worry about being discontinued or carrying supplimentaries before doing any exams. To put it simply, it feels like the heart is never truly calm.
And maybe we are already used to the lifestyle such that it doesn't bother us anymore. We have adopted that way of thinking and in the course of time we have generated popular sayings such as " Uoga kidogo inaonyesha akili mingi" just to justify this mentality of fear and anxiety!
But what is the Bible's view on anxiety?, what does God say about being anxious? Is it a way to prove that you are clever and you care about the future?, is it a proof of your sense of responsibility? Not really! Not even close!.

The Bible strictly tells us to refrain from being anxious, to stop worrying about the future, it does not say that we should not think about the future rather, we should think but not worry about it! In the book of John 16:1the word of God says, "Do not let your hearts be troubled trust in God and trust also in me"NLV. The trouble of the heart being referred to here is anxiety, fear.
So the Bible not only speaks about not being anxious but also gives us a solution to such situations, Trust in God!. What a good news that is! There is no any remedy that can satire your anxiety, no words can appease your discomforts but only the word of God and trusting in him.
I had a time to ponder about this whole matter of trusting God, because I couldn't point a reason as to why I was plagued with fear and discomfort when I thought about things such as studies, GPA, future work, future financial situation and at times even my future partner

I fully knew that I had given my life to Christ as a young youth of 15 years old, I was filled with the Spirit of God and could speak in tongues so where was I lacking?. Why wouldn't peace just jolt in my life like how Christ said it would when we received him.
I would swear hearing a calm tiny voice in my head telling me, " Do you really believe in God?". On a first glance one would think that was satan, trying to shake and question my faith in Jesus. However I fully knew that what I was hearing was not the devil. I had a full conviction that it was God, it was His Spirit talking to me!
"But then God, I have received you and you are in me, I am born in you, a new creature I am, Isn't that a whole proof of my trust in you?". That was my point of argument. And I believed that it was logical. After all, I truly believed in the work of the cross.
So I was left to ponder for myself.

Think about what part of my puzzle game of peace am I missing, untill when I thought about my attitude to situations. Despite believing in the work of the cross I came to realise that I took my own matters personally, very personally even from God! I found my own solutions, made my own choices, infact I wanted to be in control over my own life! Infact I exercised control.
Imagine my surprise when I finally realised that I had trusted Jesus with the work of saving me but I still trusted myself on the whole matter of my day to day life. I noticed that my prayers were informative rather than surrendering, I went to God to ask him to open a very specific way, a very specific outcome, just like I wanted it to be, like how I planned it to be!. So God was to fit on my plan and not me in his!
And so I got my answer. That was where I was wrong.

I tried to be in control over my life. Forgetting what Solomon said in proverbs that "many are the plans of man but the final say is from the Lord".

So you see, God has given us full authority, he has decentralised power, we can command, we can create but we are always answerable to him. We are still entitled to him. Therefore, even if we are the main characters in our life stories God is still the script writer, way too above us. And he is the one who has full control over life
So stop trying to take the reins of your life, you can never fully and successfully control it, stop trying to hold the reins. Anxiety and fear are a form of faith, just in an opposite direction and the only way to change this direction is spending more time with God, after all, you can never fully trust what you do not fully understand!
Have a great holiday brethren.
From, unknown penmanship