In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus gives us the Cure for Anxiety within the Sermon on the Mount passage. He says, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear.Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?
And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith?
So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.”
In Philippians 4, Paul reminds us “Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
It doesn’t matter what the situation is, it says in every situation. The verse is, however, specific in what and how we are to proceed in the situation; through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Then comes the promise; And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus!