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Anticipation, is it a good thing?

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, Philippians 4:6.

Anticipation, regardless of the cause, stems from the root of distrusting God.

Anticipation preoccupies our thoughts, either with doubts and fears, in the form of questions, concerns and confusion, such as: What if it does or doesn't happen? What do I do then? What is the worst that may happen? I wonder when it will happen?
God does not wish for us to be anxious. He has not given us a spirit of fear or timidity, but of power love and a sound mind, 2^nd Timothy 1:7.
We can rest assured that God is not confused, fearful or anxious, in heaven as He sits on His throne and nether should we be.

• Anticipation of personal desires, (unwise).
  Whether it be a lust of the flesh or a godly desire, will often times provoke you to do foolish things that you otherwise would not do, as trying to make them happen, etc.
  and the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream, Daniel 2:3.
• Anticipations of the unknown, (uncertainly).
  But as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found, 1^st Samuel 9:20.
• Fearful anticipations, (worry).
  And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind, Luke 12:29.
• Results of being anxious, (you speak unwisely).
  Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me, Job 20:2.