While many cancer patients are restricted from physical exercise, even walking, they can look out the window. But there is more: “Watch birds and then consider what the Father does for them.” Birds have food from God. Will God feed us and provide for us?

Do you ever worry? Are you ever anxious? Sadly, I have never worried more in my life than I have over cancer. I have lost two grandparents and both parents to cancer. I have had two different types of cancer. Maybe you can identify with me, especially in those moments in the middle of the night. The boa constrictor of worry starts to suffocate you, and the worries exponentially multiply. The English word for worry comes from a word that means “to strangle,” or grasp by the throat.  

What do you think God’s attitude is about worry? While we compartmentalize worry and exclude it from grave sins such as adultery and murder, worry is still sin against the Lord. It reveals a lack of trusting the Triune God, the One who gloriously saved you from all your sins. Worry functionally questions the sovereignty of God, God’s faithfulness, and the Lord’s provision for His children. Dear Christian with cancer, God does not want you to worry. For your sake. And His glory. 

Consider this short article on the ABCs of dealing with worry.

A. Admit That Anxiety and Worry Are Sins.

Gulp. If Jesus tells you not to do something, but you do it anyway, what is that called? It is called “sin.” Anxiety is the opposite of trust. Worry is an antonym for faith.

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

–Matthew 6:25

There is hope when you confess sin. It is forgiven, and you receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13 confirms this fact: “Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.” If you label your sin as a “disease,” “syndrome,” or “illness,” there will be no mercy. You want mercy, right? Why don’t you confess your anxiety right now? Yes, even about your cancer. Trust God instead of worrying.

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