Transcript
Beth (0:00)
Welcome to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
Alexa (0:17)
Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire Biblical story, but the center of it.
Beth (0:32)
Hey everyone. Welcome back to A Year in the Bible. My name is Beth and I am here with my co host, Alexa.
Alexa (0:37)
Hey friends.
Beth (0:39)
Today we are closing out our discussion on Ruth 4, 14, 15 and John 10, 7, 15 by talking about how we plan on applying these passages to our daily lives. So, Alexa, how do you plan to apply these passages?
Guest (0:53)
Yeah, I was both encouraged and challenged by the prompt in the application study day today that asked, in what areas in your life do you need to trust Christ's care and provision? I'm generally an anxious person, and even though I feel like as of late I'm not as anxious as I have been in past seasons, praise God, I still have anxious moments. And lately I found myself anxious when it comes to financial situations. And then in situations where I feel like I have to do something outside of my comfort zone when I'm anxious, I often turn to something that helps to distract me, to basically, like, dissociate. So I have this. This habit in the car that if I'm anxious about my husband's driving, I'll pull up Instagram and just start scrolling to try and not think about his driving. But I do things like that where I will try to use my phone or TV or whatever it is to try and drown out my anxiety. And while that can be helpful in a sense in the moment, it doesn't actually bring me lasting comfort. So this week challenged me to consider what I do in my anxiety and to choose to do something different. In those moments of anxiety. I want to stop, breathe and remember Christ's care and provision for me. I want to trust that whatever is making me anxious, Jesus knows what that is and he's going to take care of me and he's going to give me what I need. As I walk through whatever it is that's making me anxious, he's going to give me his comfort and peace. And I think remembering the eternal life that Jesus has given me helps too, that whatever is making me anxious in the present isn't going to last forever. I will be with Christ in eternity one day so I don't actually need to fall apart at whatever it is that's making me afraid. In the grand scheme of eternity, this thing that makes me anxious is actually quite small so I can find hope in the eternity to come and choose to rest in who Jesus is and his comfort and care for me as I keep walking through the anxieties of this life.