Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”Paul says be anxious for nothing: This is a command, not an option. If we try to handle things on our own, we are not depending on God for things that belong to God alone. He is in control and He alone can make things right. It makes us the father of the household instead of being a child. We are trying to be God.
Paul wrote that everything is the proper subject of prayer. There are no areas of our lives that are of no concern to God. I know people who pray when they can’t find their car keys. Paul says everything! There is nothing too big or too small for God.
Many of our prayers go unanswered because we do not ask God for anything. James tells us that you have not because you ask not. Here God invites us simply to let your requests be made known. He wants to know.
Why does God ask us to present our requests to him? God already knows our requests before we pray them, yet He will often wait for our participation through prayer before granting that which we request. He wants us to know that it is from Him and not our own doing.
Do not be anxious
He also commands us to ask with thanksgiving: We should know that God hears and answers our prayers before we even pray. If you pray with thanksgiving, you are trusting God to resolve whatever your request is. Let your requests be made known. We really can be anxious for nothing, pray about everything, and be thankful for everything.
