Why Worry When You Can Believe

Victor Paul Wierwille

This article "Why Worry When You Can Believe?" was taken from the Heart Magazine, August/September 1980. WHY WORRY WHEN YOU CAN BELIEVE? Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille HEART–August/September 1980, Volume 10, No. 10 – page 3 The most ridiculous question a man could ask I heard some time ago: “Why should I pray when I can worry?” This question has been ringing in my heart and mind ever since. Can a Christian live without fear and worry? Fear is the forerunner of worry. We worry because we fear. Fear kills more people in a year than any war or disease. I hate fear with every fiber of my being for I know what it can do and I know what it is doing to millions in America at this moment. Worry produces the vast majority of sicknesses, nervous frustration and breakdowns, as well as premature death. Worry is the chief cause of insomnia and is responsible for the great financial boom to drug companies manufacturing various brands of sleeping tablets )a form of narcotics in small doses) which millions of Americans take every night just to get a few hours of restless sleep. If you need deliverance from the twin enemies, fear and worry, you may find the key to deliverance right here. Both worry and fear are the opposite of believing. When we begin believing positively, we will not worry. When we have faith in the Word of God to the same extent that we have faith in our employer for our paycheck, we will not fear. It is impossible to have both fear and confidence or worry and believing at the same time, as impossible as it is to mix oil and water. There is no need for fear and worry when we learn to believe rightly. A dear old grandmother who is numbered among my cherished friends learned to believe God years ago. My heart thrilled when she told me how she threads a needle. Threading a needle is not much of a chore for most younger people, but for grandmother of 84, it is remarkable. She said to me, “I just let God thread it, and He and I always seem to get it done the first time I br