Even though we are told by our Saviour not to worry of be fearful, we seem to still do it. It seems like this is a natural human tendency.  I myself can be worried and concerned about so many things.

As a young person I would arrive at home at night and lock the house. I would then go to my parents room and chat to them about what I had done in the evening and how I had enjoyed being out with my friends. Then we would say goodnight and my Mom would ask me if I had locked up when I came in. I was always a conscientious person and I always made sure I did what needed to be done. But her question would make to wonder if I had in fact locked up the house. I would respond and say: ‘yes, but I will go and check again’. My father would respond and say: ‘well either you did lock up or you didn’t?’  I would confirm that I did in fact lock up and then he would say: ‘Well then it is locked. Don’t doubt yourself. Now go to bed!’

Our natural tendency seems to be our propensity to doubt, fear, worry and second-guessing situations that we may be aware of.  Some people seem ‘happy-go-lucky’ without a fear in the world, while others seem to take things very seriously and they can get upset quickly over nothing.  Perhaps this is something that God has placed within us that if it is directed in the right direction can benefit our lives.  If we allow it to have sway over our lives, it can destroy and spoil what God intended for us to enjoy.  How can we redirect this common human characteristic into something useful?  In this scripture God gives us a strategy to take this, otherwise worrisome aspect, and to turn it into something useful and beneficial.  These deep concerns and powerful emotions can be redirected towards something that God can use in our lives and in the world in which we live.

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