I use the wallpaper on my phone to remind me of 2 anxious statements that happen in my heart quite often.

1. How dare you put me in this situation!

2. Oh no, what are they gonna do when I tell them the truth.

When I feel one of those statements giving me anxiety and stealing my courage I know I need to be more like Jesus.

Jesus seemed to ride the waves of other people's anxiety with such skill.

To be like more Jesus you’ll need to develop a high threshold for the emotional pain of people you love.

Consider the story of Jesus being interrupted by Peter and the disciples who demand that he come back to town because everyone is looking for him.

1. People need to be healed 2. Peter says they’re all looking for Jesus 3. So… Jesus has a problem. He wants to go to the next town, but it’ll disappoint Peter and the disciples as well as a whole town of sick people. He doesn’t get caught in this trap. 3. I will preach in the next town because that’s my objective 2. Peter says they are all looking for me 1. So everyone will have do accept that I'm not going to be there to heal them Mark 1:35–39 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.