Saying no to proud anxiety
Suppose I confide in you that I am anxious. What would you say? Suppose you said, ‘I am sorry you are anxious. That means you must be proud’.
Christopher Ash
I might be offended. But this is how Psalm 131 diagnoses it. Anxiety is rooted in pride. Charles Spurgeon says this beautiful Psalm is, ‘one of the shortest … to read but one of the longest to learn’.