Are you tossing and turning in anxiety tonight? It's not surprising since we're living in what many experts have called the "Age of Anxiety."

Anxiety is closely allied with fear of the unknown. The dictionary defines it as "painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind, usually over an impending or anticipated ill... fearful concern or interest."

The Bible has quite a bit to say about anxiety. In several places we are exhorted to "be anxious for nothing." But the passage of Scripture that has had the most impact on me is David's "success story" of how God actually delivered him from anxiety: "Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said, 'My foot is slipping,' your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul" (Psalm 94:17-19, NIV).

This testimony is one from which you can draw great comfort and strength as you go to sleep. Sleep well in the assurance that while the anxiety within you may be great, the love and comfort of God's Spirit flooding your heart is even greater.

Surrender your inner tensions to Him now. There is nothing that He hasn't prepared you for; there is nothing ahead that you and He can't overcome together!

Heavenly Father, I surrender all my hidden anxieties to You, and trust in Your miraculous power to set me free. I know that Your love is ready to support me, and that, as I rebuke the fears within me, Your consolation will bring great joy to my soul. Thank you that, through Your Son, I will no longer harbor any fears of the unknown, I rejoice that You are my Deliverer in all things, and that anxiety no longer has any power over me! In Jesus' Name, Amen.