Chicken Little, meet Jesus Christ

The financial world has been in a free-fall for the past several days. Credit markets have resembled a car's engine that has run out of oil ... in other words, the pistons have become welded to the cylinders. There have been runs on banks. Unprecedented things have occurred. On a global basis.

Sounds like we live in an imperfect world where anything can happen, doesn't it?

If we agree with the previous sentence, then why are we surprised when calamity rings the doorbell?

Fortunately, for the Christian, there is peace of mind.

It all begins when we approach God and put our fears and worries in his hands. We put our IRAs, our jobs, our 401ks and the like, in his hands. We put our visions of no gas, no food, no money, etc in his hands. We place our anxieties about our loved ones, macroeconomics, and everything else that weighs us down into his hands.

One of my favorite scriptures is found in 1Peter 5:7 - 'Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.'

All of this is done in prayer, of course.

And that means that CNN needs to be turned off, the book needs to be put down, the video games needs to be turned off, Internet surfing needs to cease (for a little bit anyway) so that you can actually pray.

Which leads me to my next question: do you actually pray?

Or do you think about praying but don't actually ever get around to doing it?

When you finish reading this post and leave a glowing comment, I challenge you to take 5 minutes to get away and pray about those things that actually bother or frighten you. I challenge you to pray about those things that keep you up at night. I challenge you to place all your fears and anxieties in God's hands.

Chicken Little, meet Jesus Christ.