Daily Post: Qualm
I’ve been out of town a couple of days, and missed writing my blog. I’m back in the saddle again, so hang on to your hats for another wild and wooly ride into the unusual word associations of “As I was saying…”
This image is one simulating what occurs in our brains when we suffer fear, anxieties, or qualms regarding what “might” happen in our future. The “what if” game is more prevalent in some folks than others, yet I believe we all suffer from this malady from time to time. When circumstances look bleak, when our future seems insecure, the normal human response is to walk with trepidation through these dark places. We sense something is out there, and we put an evil looking face on it, and sure, sometimes it is evil that wants to destroy us. Other times however, when our minds are painting the picture of a wolf stalking us, waiting to attack and destroy us, the very thing we fear is not a wolf at all. It is simply the unknown.
We can hem and haw all we want, but at some point we must come to accept there are some things beyond our control, and most of those are unseen, or unknowable. At times we see giants, when really they are ants. Other times we see lambs, and they really are wolves. How do we cope in a world where the unknown and unseen seems so daunting?
I have no qualms in writing these words to you, because they are true. God, the Creator of the Universe, is Sovereign Lord of all. This simply means that just because you can’t see it or know it, doesn’t mean that it – whatever “it” is – has escaped God’s view. God is never surprised. The thing that most causes that anxious spirit within us, God has already seen and dealt with; it is now under His control. This should produce peace in our hearts and minds, and when it doesn’t it is because we don’t believe God is in control. To give lip service to this truth, and go through life full of fear, is a non sequitur.
Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever, for in God the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
These verses, and hundreds like them, are to be taken literally. They explain that to say you believe “God is in control”, and behave in opposition to this confession, makes no sense for the true believer. Faith is having no qualms with trusting God absolutely in every major or minor detail of my life. Faith is living with no trepidation of what might happen, because God is our Sovereign LORD, and He is in control.
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