Before there was a problem to solve, there was a signal already running. Grace does not arrive in response to your crisis. It was transmitting before you were born, and it will still be transmitting after the crisis ends. What you are calling stress is usually just static — something has gotten between you and a signal that never stopped.
Philippians does not say be anxious for nothing because everything will turn out fine. It says be anxious for nothing because there is a Father who already knows what you need before you ask. The peace promised here is not the absence of trouble. It is a signal that holds steady underneath the trouble.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:6–7
Where in your life right now have you mistaken static for the absence of signal? What would it look like today to stop adjusting the noise and start trusting the carrier wave underneath it?
John Hargrove Seeking Truth and Reality 