The Myth of Control — Part 1
What if most of your anxiety has nothing to do with what's actually happening in your life, and everything to do with what you feel you need to control? Pastor Dave DiSabatino kicks off a new series at Journey Church Calgary exploring what the Bible says about control, peace, and learning to trust God in a chaotic world.
Series: The Myth of Control
Scripture: Psalm 23
Pastor: Dave DiSabatino
Date: April 12, 2026
Key Takeaways
Most of our anxiety doesn't come from what happens to us. It comes from what we feel we need to control. We're not exhausted because life is hard. We're exhausted because we're carrying a weight we were never designed to carry.
Control promises peace but produces anxiety. Your mind confuses control with security. When life feels uncertain, your brain says: think more, fix more, prepare more, control more. The result is not peace. It's exhaustion.
When we step into control, we step out of trust. Control says: it depends on me. Faith says: God is with me.
The antidote is not a better plan. It's a better shepherd. "The Lord is my shepherd" is not just theology. It's the language of attachment. David wrote Psalm 23 from a place of betrayal, fear, and instability, and still had peace, not because he had control, but because he knew who to turn to.
The sheep lies down not because the world is quiet, but because the shepherd is present.
