Children are amazing. Amazing! They have a way of preaching a sermon in a single sentence in a way that no minister could accomplish in an entire hour.
Johnny loved school. Johnny sat oh, so still while the teacher was speaking. With little crossed legs and eyes glued to the teacher’s face, Johnny took it all in.
The year was starting off with the usual bus safety talk, given by Mrs. Teacher. She had the little students’ utmost attention. Their eyes were riveted on her face as she instructed them to wait after getting off the bus, until the bus driver gave them the signal that it was safe to cross the road in front of the bus.
As she paused, Johnny’s hand shot up. “Yes, Johnny?” asked Mrs. Teacher, silently reveling in the fact that she was getting a response.
With a worried look on his face, Johnny asked, “What do we do if we have a blind bus driver?”
Silence. A blank, speechless look came over the teacher’s face. “Well…. ummm… Johnny…. uhhh…”….. Poor Mrs. Teacher. I’m sure she was having not-so loving thoughts about her college professor who never said anything about a moment like this.
Hold on, though… Are we really so different from little Johnny?
God has given us His Word, the Bible, the complete instruction Book for our lives. When we accept His gift of forgiveness and make Him Lord of our lives, He indwells us with the Holy Spirit, who guides us into truth. He has promised to be with us always… constantly… and has said that He will never leave us or forsake us.
And yet, at times, we look at Him with worried faces, and say, “But, Lord, what do we do if…?” We somehow come up with the craziest things to worry about… things that most likely will never happen… and walk around with a worried look on our face. A Johnny face. We wonder where the premature worry lines came from!
Then we hear Him whisper…”Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear… Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Matthew 6:25, 27, 33, 34.
Stop putting your hand up. Instead, hold tight onto the hand of the One who holds your hand. He promises, “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid.” Isaiah 41:13, 14
He’s got this. Breathe. Relax. Trust.