The Prayer of Committal by Kenneth Copeland
If you will practice what I am about to share with you, this
will be the last day you will ever have a worried thought. You
can commit yourself and all the cares and worries of your
mind to Him and enjoy divine peace.
God is vehemently against worry. It does not produce
anything but stress, strain and death. Jesus preached against
it. Paul preached against it. The whole Bible is against worry
because Satan designed it.
Take Philippians 4:6-7 as a command. “Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” The
Amplified Bible says, “Do not fret or have any anxiety about
anything.” First Peter 5:6-7 says, “Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in
due time. Casting all your care upon him….” Not 75 percent
of your care. Not everything but your kids or everything but
your finances. Your confession every morning should be, “I
do not have a care, because it has been cast over on my Lord.”
Cast out every worried thought that would trample its way
into your thinking. Roll it over onto Him.
For example let’s say you were standing about 20 feet away
from me and I tossed my car keys to you. If someone else were
to come to me and say, “Brother Copeland, I need the keys to
your car. I need to use it.” I would say, “I can’t help you. I cast
my keys over on him. I don’t have them.” I didn’t say those
keys ceased to exist, nor that he could not have them. I didn’t
say I couldn’t get them back. If I went to get them, you would
give them back to me. But if someone wants the car keys, they
will have to talk to you because I cast them over on you.
That’s what we need to do with our cares. We must cast
them over on the Lord and not take them back! If Satan brings
a worried thought to your mind, saying, What if…, you can tell
him to talk to God about it. It is in His hands, not yours!
Many people want God to supernaturally remove their
worry. But that’s not the way to get the peace of God. God’s
peace comes by acting on His Word that says to cast all of
your worry and anxiety over on Him. You must replace those
thoughts with the Word. Philippians 4:8 says to think on
“whatsoever things are true…honest…just…lovely…of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things.”
You are the one who must control your mind. The Word
says the peace of God will garrison and mount guard over
your heart and mind (Philippians 4:7, The Amplified Bible).
But you are going to have to do something. You must keep
your thoughts under control.
Second Corinthians 10:5 says, “Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience
of Christ.” People have told me they can’t quit worrying.
They can! Anyone can stop worrying. The verse before that
says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but powerful
through God to the pulling down of strongholds. The strongholds
of Satan are in the mind. He makes suggestions like, It
won’t work this time, and What if… and, But….
The power of God begins to operate when you cast your
care over on Him. As long as you worry about it, you only
hinder the flow of His power and tie His hands.
Meditate on these three scriptures: 1 Peter 5:6-7;
2 Corinthians 10:5 and Philippians 4:6. Joshua 1:8 says if you
will meditate in the Word day and night, you will be able to
see how to do it. Philippians 4:9 says, “Those things, which ye
have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me,
do….” As you give your attention to these scriptures, the Holy
Spirit will reveal this truth to you and you will then be able to
act on it!
Philippians 4:13 is the finale: “I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.” You don’t have to worry
again. The greater One dwells in you. He is able to put you
over. Commit to it. You will never worry again.
