05/13/2026
From our group text.
Before you spiral, talk to Him. The overthinking is not strategy. It is warfare. You say you are a believer. But you have been thinking like the world. You pray for miracles. Then you spend the rest of the day rehearsing the worst case scenario. You ask God for breakthrough. Then you brace for impact. You tell everyone "God is going to come through." Then you sit on your couch waiting for the bad news to drop. That is not faith. That is fear with a Christian filter. You have been expecting consecutive losses. When God has been trying to give you consecutive wins. You say you believe. But you do not talk like it. You do not think like it. You do not move like it. The spiral is not preparation. It is the enemy walking through a door you keep leaving open. "Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 Don't worry about anything. Not the marriage. Not the test result. Not the silence from your child. Not anything. There were two sisters, Martha and Mary. Jesus came to their house. Martha started spiraling. Cleaning. Cooking. Setting up. Sweating. Mary sat at His feet and listened. Martha was furious. "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41-42 Hear me. Jesus did not say Martha was wrong for caring. He said she was wrong for spiraling instead of sitting. For doing instead of listening. For thinking instead of being with Him. You have been Martha all week. It is time to be Mary. Pause. Stop the loop in your head. Speak to God before you speak to yourself again. Pray with me.
God, my mind has been louder than my faith. Forgive me for trying to think my way out of what only You can pray me through. Forgive me for rehearsing the worst case scenario like it was preparation. Forgive me for spending more time in my head than at Your feet. Today I pause. I stop the spiral. I stop the running. I stop the rehearsing. Every anxious thought, I bring to You now. Every worst case scenario, I cancel it now. Every conversation I have been having with myself instead of with You, I lay it down. Quiet my mind, Father. Not so I can sleep better. So I can hear You better. Teach me to come to You first. Not after I have tried to fix it. Not after I have cried about it. Not after I have texted three friends about it. First. Be my first conversation. Be my first response. Be my first peace. Make me Mary. Sitting at Your feet while the world spins. Trusting that one thing is necessary. And it is You. In Jesus' name. Amen.
