Worry

"I lift up my eyes to the hills -- Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip -- he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord watches over you -- the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all harm -- he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore."
(Psalm 121 NIV)

Do we live our lives with the awareness that God is indeed watching over us at every moment? While if I was asked, "Is God watching over you at all times?" I would answer, "Yes!", my actions betray my heart's true attitude. When troubles of this world come before me, I respond as if I am the only one who is looking out for me, and so I worry, for if I do not worry no one will be looking out for me. But if I truly knew that the God who watches over me never slumbers nor sleeps, I would have no reason to ever worry, for the One who is capable of doing more than I could ever imagine is in control, such that "the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night." Why should you worry when your Father is in heaven?

Not only this, but if I knew that God was watching over my life at all times, would I not be stirred up to throw off everything that hinders me and the sin which so easily entangles me? It would then be only with great malice of heart that I would sin so blatantly in the sight of my God. But that is what I have done. It is with great regret and remorse that I remember those times when I have deliberately done those things which I have known to be an offense to God. Lord, have mercy!