I humbly served the Lord, often with tears in my eyes. . . . But I don’t place any value on my own life. I want to finish the race I’m running. I want to carry out the mission I received from the Lord Jesus.
Acts 20:19, 24
When life starts spinning out of control, when you feel like you can’t go on, and when nothing is going your way, there is something you can do: remember the bottom line. Review the facts—just the facts is all you need. Answer these questions:
1. Is God who he says he is?
2. Does he love you or not?
3. Is his will good or bad?
4. Does anything happen to you without him allowing it?
5. Does he truly work everything together for the good of the people who love him?
6. Do you want God’s will or your own?
If you can honestly answer these questions, then you can get over any trauma in your life and get to the truth of the matter. After all, your feelings are just your simple interpretation of a situation, a lot of times without considering the facts of the matter. When you panic about life, you miss out on the bottom line—the truth about God and his role in your life. For a true believer, life is never spinning out of control and never near disaster. It is always built on the rock and safe under his wings. When you allow your emotions to become your sacred truth, you lose all hope and worry sets in. If you want to be free from fear and angst, you have to remember the facts. When you can look at your life through the reality of God’s love and will for you, then you will find a whole new life full of peace and calm.