Matthew in Edmonton, Alberta, writes and asks this, Pastor John, I was wondering how exactly

to go about casting my anxieties on the Lord.

For example, do I need to pray and explain every anxiety I have, or can I just trust him

without signifying it with prayer, much like conversion does not need to be signified

with a prayer.

Maybe I'm thinking too mechanically about it because I end up feeling more anxious about

it, and I feel I'm not explaining the anxiety well enough.

So I get anxious that I'm not casting every little anxiety on him.

Pastor John, what would you say to Matthew?

Overly introspective people can get so tangled up in the processes of sanctification that

they are paralyzed.

And Matthew seems to wrestle with that tendency.

I'm making a judgment call, he can decide if I'm right or not.

A lot of us are like that.

It is good to be introspective if I don't know what I'm feeling.

I won't know whether I should give thanks to God for his blessing or counter sightings

assault.

If you're never introspective, you don't know what you're feeling then you're going to

do anything spiritually.

So we have to be aware of what's going on inside of us.

So yes, a man Matthew is doing the right thing in analyzing his own soul in that regard.

But there is an unhealthy preoccupation with ourselves that can produce no good fruit.

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