Living with anxiety is hard. Yet as finite beings in a fallen and broken world, anxiety makes sense. We are each confronted with life circumstances we cannot change, decisions with no obvious right answers, and a future that is more uncertain than we would like. Our lives always entail a degree of risk—there are no foolproof guarantees for safety and favorable outcomes. We cannot be certain we will reach our goals for good health, long-lasting relationships, or success—and we cannot ensure that for those we love, as well. Though we make earnest efforts to minimize risks, we cannot eliminate them altogether. David Powlison once said, “So much of the noise in our lives is trying to control the uncontrollable.” There is a gap between our desire to secure certain outcomes in our lives and our ability to ensure they happen. We have less control than we may think or want, and the lack of it so often leads us to anxiety.
How do we usually pray when we’re anxious? Often, we pray for favorable circumstances: “Please protect me from this dreaded outcome, God. Please make this work out. This way seems best. Please give me what I want here.” In
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