The Remedy For High Blood Pressure And Other Anxiety Concerns

Unprepared deadlines...an over-demanding boss...unexpected bills: what do we do when these concerns enter the course of our daily activity? If you are the average human, your response will contain one or more of these responses: anxiety, ringing hands, pacing, insomnia, increased blood pressure, and an entire encyclopedia of other health issues.

Exodus 14 describes perhaps one of the most anxious moments in the history of the children of Israel. They have finally been given their freedom from slavery...only to now be sitting on the river bank and watching the rapid approach of the Egyptian army! God spares them and divides the sea...but again, those Egyptians simply follow their same path. Imagine seeing the highly trained army approaching from behind with very little but desert in frontof them. Certainly they were in a no-possibility-of-winning situation! How many descendents of Abraham would have been suffering one or more of the list above?

Exodus 14:13 "And Moses said unto the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will shew you today..." If Moses were addressing us today, the verse would say: put away your anxiety medications, stop pacing back and forth, cease from ringing your hands, take a shower and stop your excessive sweating; because in the midst of this seemingly no-win situation, you are going to see God work!

How often do we limit the working of God in our life because we refuse to "fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord..." Instead of becoming anxious and upset in the next trial, we should get excited to watch the Lord do His work!