Over Anxiety

"Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you." 
~ Jacob 4:18  

I have all too often seen a person struggling with something precious for them, praying to the Lord, struggling in the spirit, searching for the answer, but because the problem is so dear to them, they are unable to hear the answer.  They have, what Jacob refers to as, over anxiety.  This over anxiety is a great deal of stress, that impedes our ability to think clearly.  It makes it ever so difficult to hear the answers we so desperately seek, especially if that answer is about a dear friend or family member.  I myself have recently experienced this.  I have a dear friend that is going through a huge trial, and has asked me for my prayers.  I have approached the Lord, but because of my over anxiety of concern for my friend and our relationship, I could not hear all the answer, so I also asked a different friend for his prayers.  The Lord was so kind,so as to give the answer to my other friend, who in turn gave it to me, of which I prayed about, and can pass it on to the friend who requested it of me.  To work together, to let go of any and all pride, to love each other; is this not what it is all about? 

On another note, there is the pride issue: 

It is indulgent pride to believe that God will not speak to another person on your behalf.  To believe that the Lord will only tell you, and 'if He tells another and not you, then it must be false', is false.  The Lord loves all of us, and speaks to whomever will listen, and a person will not progress if he does not learn to accept information from the Lord, even if it comes through another.  Of course, the Lord expects us to ask Him for confirmation.  He wants to talk to all of His children.  This is how chaos is avoided, and how we will all eventually see alike. 

God never gives all gifts, nor all information, nor all revelation to just one servant.  He does love all of us and will bless us through others as well.  The sooner this lesson is learned, the sooner a person may progress. 

Let us all work together.  Let us all seek God together.  Let us all love each other with that Divine Love that God sheds forth on all His children.

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