Just one, not both

Have you ever gone to Chick-Fil-A and faced a choice—a Spicy Chicken Sandwich Deluxe with fries and a soda—or the Chargrilled & Fruit Salad?
Or had to choose between watching NCIS or Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday nights? It's sometimes frustrating having to choose one or the other when you want both. Sure, you could DVR one but when you're sitting on the couch with the remote in your hand, it's one or the other.
Today I was really struck by words of wisdom from our speaker at my MOPS group. She said: "You can trust God, or you can worry. You can't do both."
So, I can watch Dancing, or I can watch NCIS. I can worry, or I can trust God. Seems easy, right?
Except that it's absolutely not.
I didn't think I worried much until I sat down to think and write about it. But I do. I worry about how clean my kitchen is. I worry about money. I worry about what to do about my daughter's education (and she's less than a year old). But as I was reminded yesterday, if I am worrying, I'm not trusting God, and He is deserving of absolute trust.
Philippians 4:6 says: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
So, instead of worrying about paying the bills, God tells me to surrender my concern to him, and trust that He will provide. What a relief that is, especially as He proves to me, again and again, that he does provide.
Today my prayer is that I recognize the moments when I am worrying, and that instead of continuing to worry I stop and give thanks to God that He is my rock and my salvation, and to give my worries to him. My prayer is that you will too!