Bringing Joy to Jesus

So as a pastor now, and having been a youth pastor for many years I have a list of people who call on me a lot. The majority of them attend other churches or don't go to church at all, but when the chips are down and times are tough they tend to rely on me for comfort and guidance. There are a lot of people who I tend to rely on as well, but those who rely on me are special. Why would they be special to me? Why would it be so meaningful to me that they call on me when times are tough? It's simple, we as humans and especially as Christians are programmed to want to help people. There is no better time to help someone both spiritually and emotionally than when they are in a storm or crisis. I (in my own sick way) look forward to those times when I can be there for someone and bring a kind word of encouragement or a shoulder to someone in need.
THink of JEsus, how much joy it must bring to His heart that we call on Him. How much more joy it must bring Him when we are in the toughest of trials and the nastiest of all crisis in our own lives and we give it all to Him. He is calling on us to lift up our burdens and worst trials to Him so that He can bring us comfort. Not by mere words or actions, but by comforting our hearts and making them lighter.
In Matthew 8:26 he states, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" He says this directly to his disciples who are fearful and they are falling back and relying on their own anxieties to get them through a tough time. Jesus sees in them what He often times sees in us. Believers who are going to let anxiety take over, and our own methods of coping be in control rather than Jesus.
So when you get full of anxiety, and start trying to control a situation that is clearly out of your control. Don't just fight, turn it over to God and let Jesus take the burdens for you. It won't just make you feel better, it will bring Him pure joy to know that in the face of fear, you called on Him making your faith complete in Him.
So don't let fear reign in your heart and don't let your faith be overshadowed by anxiety. Turn it over to Him, the only person who can take it off your heart, your Savior Jesus Christ.