Many Christians begin to feel anxious, insecure and confused due to a failure to keep in mind some fundamental facts about the nature of Christianity. The first fact is that it’s all about Christ, it’s not about you. Paul confirms this when he writes, “By grace you are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.” When Paul writes, “not of yourselves,” he means that salvation (your relationship with God) is not something you produce, earn or even maintain.

Christianity, as the name implies, is all about Christ and his work. (If it were about you and your work, it wo...