The solution to avoiding redlining your car and revving it too high is not found in parking it, but in driving it the way the designer intended. So is the solution for the Christian life. Go on about your day. Interact with others. Carry out your tasks. Learn of new challenges. Encounter new opportunities. But do so in a way your Designer intended—with faith, not fear.

Have you ever driven a manual car (stick shift) and waited too long to shift into the next gear? If so, you know what happens. The engine roars while the odometer shows RPMs that are redlining. Is the solution to stop driving the car? No. It is to drive it in the way the designer built it, shifting the gears within the range of what the vehicle is intended to handle.

This is often what happens in life. We go through life getting stuff done and interacting with people, but then we start to redline. Our thoughts start racing, our blood pressure starts rising, and the worry starts to drown out life around us. How does this happen? And what should we do about it?

Worry is a common temptation for anyone in life. What if I don’t make the basketball team? What if I don’t get asked out? What if we won’t be able to have children?

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