How I Trust God When Anxiety Attacks

You know the feeling…your heart speeds up, your pulse quickens, and you start breathing faster and faster. You start to panic. What if ______happens? You know you should trust God when anxiety attacks, but a spirit has whispered threats into your mind. As the panic gets worse, you imagine all kinds of terrifying scenarios.

I have heard these kinds of threats all my life. When I was about eight years old, my dad became lost, and terror gripped my heart. Next, the fight-or-flight response took over. I did not have faith in my dad to get us safely back home. Later, when we did arrive home (this was before GPS and cell phones), I worried it would happen again…and what if we were really lost for good?

When I am alone in my home and I let my mind wander, frequently my mind comes under anxiety attacks. God showed me that the devil is relentless and if we don’t fight back and resist him painting worst-case scenarios in our minds, he will only amplify his voice over time.

Realize that the devil lies and disregard his threats, or else he might seek to fulfill them.

He says, “Oh, he/she is afraid this will happen. Now I can work.”

It says in Job 3:25:  For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Do Not Give in to Terror! 

God says 365 times in the Bible “Do not fear”. He stresses over and over to trust Him. I know He is a Spirit and that He is far away in heaven, and even though He is with you, you may feel alone. I have the same thoughts. But I also know that this is a spiritual battle over our ability to trust God. Jesus defeated the devil; his weapon is fear and lies.

How do I fight back? I say, “God, I am afraid/worried/anxious right now about ____________. I give these worries to You and trust You to work them out.”

Then the evil one says, “You know God can’t help you. What you fear is still going to happen.”

So, then I must find scriptures that give me hope and quote them. I must stand my ground no matter what he says to argue with me. I WILL TRUST GOD!

Talking about my anxieties with a therapist has helped immensely too.

You can train your mind to recognize this kind of attack and fight back. You will have to be consistent, for the devil doesn’t give up easily. But the stronger you stand, the more you win the battle.

Psalm 56:3:  What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.