These were the words from the devotional Jesus Callings by Sarah Young that I listened to recently. “Refuse to worry!” They struck me. All of a sudden, a habit I viewed as out of my control was thrust back at me.

Do you have a choice when it comes to worry?

Worry just comes on us. We do not choose it. It is a feeling.

Or is it?

Jesus told his followers “do not worry.” If it were simply a feeling or something out of our control, perhaps he would have taken a different approach. The fact is worry is a choice. When we choose to worry, it has a compounding impact on us until we do not realize we are choosing it. However that fact is we choose to worry. Because of this we can also refuse to worry.

It takes faith. We must be intentional. Consistency is key.

May you refuse to worry today.