There are many reasons for fear and anxiety, and they all stem from a failure to understand the power and grace of our God. We try to control our circumstances and the people around us. We want people to like us and are devastated when we are not accepted the way we want to be. We try so hard to please the people around us, and no matter how hard we try we never seem to make everyone happy. What are we to do? We must start by recognizing that the one person that we need to please with EVERYTHING we do is the Lord! We want to hear, “Well done thou good and faithful servant” we must strive to do everything to His glory. In doing so, we must understand that we can never please everyone. The goal is to please God, and if we have done that, we can look in the mirror at the end of the day and be content that we have done our best in our circumstances. Be it, family, work, home, or any circumstance, we must do our best before the Lord. Our best today, may not be as good as tomorrow, or even as good as yesterday. It must simply be our best today. Learn from your mistakes, and don’t dwell on them. Don’t allow your past to cause you to fear the present or the future.
