Abba's providential care

Matthew 6 : 24 - 34

.....your heavenly Father knows that you need......

The 'worry sickness' is a bug that is more common than we would like to admit. And like other infections, it tends to strike when our resistance is low. I know that I get hit by anxiety and worry when things are moving too fast and responsibilities pile up. Then my mind goes into full gear about all the 'concerns', all the 'what ifs' of the circumstances before me.

What needless worry, Jesus would say. Isn't every breath an expression of my Father's providential care? Isn't every second of life a gift form my Father?

I have to sit with these words every now and then, in fact quite often. I suspect, like many, I forget too fast. My 'faith memory' is certainly a slow learner, taking in only to forget the next time I feel vulnerable. The other day, God reminded me in a wonderful way of his ability to 'make a way'. I had been ruminating or rather complaining to him about my disappointment and after a moment of conversation with my son, the words of the song "God will make a way" flashed to mind, with regard to the situation I was worrying about. I was really moved as God reminded me, in a little expected way that, "I am the God who makes a way." He is a God whose providential care exceeds all our expectations. The problem is that we often 'expect' too little from him, trusting too heavily instead on human resources.

The journey towards "letting go" involves ever deeper knowing of God, our provider, Jehovah Jireh.....the one who gave his son....will he not give us what we need? Strengthening ourselves by knowing our Father's heart towards us, so the "worry bug" will not infect so readily. Spiritual health involves being able to accept with trust whatever comes lovingly form the hand of Abba.