January 16, 2016

Trust God With The Unknown

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them. -- Psalm 34:7

What are you afraid of? Come on. Everyone is afraid of something. Not all fear is life or death. Most fear it seems comes from the little things we face each day.
I heard someone say not long ago that God doesn’t much care who wins the game or who passes the test or about any of the other little things in our lives. Excuse me? This is the God who has numbered the hairs on our heads. He cares about everything that involves His children.
He knows you’re afraid you’ll get laid off from your job. He’s with you. He doesn’t promise you won’t lose your job. He does promise to help you and sustain you. He promises He will turn it in to something good.
He knows you’re afraid of those medical test results. He doesn’t promise they will turn out good. He does promise to help you and guide you and strengthen you no matter how they turn out. And He promises to use it to draw you closer to Him.
We are afraid of the unknown. We forget that He sends His angels to help us. We forget that God protects His children. We forget that those who fear -- revere and worship -- God are those He protects.
When we are afraid does that mean we don’t trust God Almighty to handle whatever “it“ is? Or maybe it’s because we know He will sometimes allow bad things to happen so He can teach us and strengthen our faith. That’s scary until we remember that He only wants good things for us.
If we truly understood how much God loves us, we would never be afraid. We would never worry. We would stand on faith, on who He is. So don’t fear the unknown. Trust Him. Big or small, God’s got this.