Why do I feel anxious about the future if God already knows what will happen?

The anxiety is real, and knowing that God knows doesn't erase it—because you don't know. And that unknowing is where you actually live. Here's what I've learned: qadar means nothing is outside God's knowledge, but it doesn't mean you have access to that knowledge. So your job isn't to figure out the future or calm yourself by believing it's already decided. Your job is to be present now, which paradoxically is the only way to meet the future when it arrives. The anxiety often comes from trying to control two things at once: what you do, and what happens. Drop the second one. Tend to the first. Laozi called this wu wei—not forcing, but not passive either. A river doesn't anxiously plan its path; it responds to the terrain as it flows. Your anxiety lessens when you stop trying to know what you can't and focus on what you can: your breath, your next action, your intention. That's where peace lives—not in certainty about tomorrow, but in clarity about today.