Work and pressure
Work can feel like the whole of life: the inbox, the salary, what the manager thinks. God does not ask you to pretend it is easy. He asks you not to carry it alone — and to do what you can today, without your worth sitting in the performance. You are more than this assignment.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
What it means
Do not be anxious — meaning: stop carrying the worry alone. Take everything to God in prayer, with thanks. Then a peace bigger than understanding will guard heart and thoughts.
How you can live it
Write down what worries you before a meeting or a deadline. Pray one sentence for each thing. Thank for one small thing you already have. Then do the next task.
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
What it means
You do not have to carry two days at once. Tomorrow will take its own worry when it comes. Today, what is in front of you is enough.
How you can live it
Let tomorrow wait. Do what is today — the task, the conversation, the rest.
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
What it means
Who you do it for changes the task. Work, training, dishes do not have to be for being seen. You may give the next ordinary thing to God — even if no one claps.
How you can live it
Do the next task as for God, not only to be noticed.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
What it means
I can do all things through him who strengthens me — in need and in plenty, not only in success.
How you can live it
Before something hard: ‘through him who strengthens me’. Then do the next small piece.
A prayer
God, you see my stress. Help me do what I can today, and leave the rest with you. Amen.