Philippians 4:6 Be Careful for Nothing

Philippians 4:6 (KJV) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 

We are commanded to give our worries and burdens to God in prayer with the promise that God’s peace will keep and guard our hearts as the psalmist affirms in Psalm 55:22 (KJV) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Prayer is communion and fellowship with God. It is the highest form of human communication as it touches on the divine. It brings with it a transcendent value to meet our present and future needs. Its purpose encompasses all aspects of the believer’s life impacting his eternal well-being.

The importance of prayer is oxygen that supports the very life and continued well-being of the human body. When a man meets with God, he is ushered into the supernatural, made possible, through Jesus Christ, who by His life death and resurrection opened the way of access and communication with our heavenly Father. What a privilege!

Prayer brings a believer from a state of worry to a state of worship and culminates in a state of weal. The word “weal” means a sound, healthy or prosperous state; well-being. The word means to be strong, to avail, to prevail. It has a primary sense of strength, soundness, a state of well-being, a state which is prosperous, or not in the least unfortunate, not declining, prosperity and happiness.  Amen.