My help comes
from the Lord, Who
made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121: 2 – 4 New King James Version)
Overall, the National Transportation Safety Board says "operator
fatigue" has been tied to 39 major accidents involving planes, trains,
buses and big rigs in the last 15 years, killing or injuring more than 1,000
people. (CBS News, Copyright © 2012 CBS Interactive Inc.) This is from a
report about people falling asleep on the job.
It seems to us sometimes like God
may have taken a nap. We pray and it seems our prayers never get past the
ceiling. We have others to pray only to experience the same troubles. Where is
God when we need Him? If you have asked that question you are not the first.
David had the same thought. “I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me?”(Psalm 42:9 New King James
Version).
Maybe we are
like the little girl that was afraid to sleep in her bed. Her dad would tell
her, “Honey its okay, Jesus is with you.” Only to have her say, “But I want
someone with a face.” Because we cannot see the face of God looking down upon
us it is hard to believe sometimes that He is. Another fellow said one time; “Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I
cannot perceive Him; 9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot
behold Him; When He
turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. (Job 23:8, 9 New King James Version)
Faith my friend encompasses much more than
just belief. Faith requires trust. We humans are not good at trusting because
we have been betrayed a lot. Let down by those we never thought would let us
down. We have been trained not to trust. Depend on someone and you will end up
disappointed sooner or later experience teaches. We carry that same attitude
over into the faith we have in God. We pretend we trust Him but do we really? If
we do then fear and worry should not dominate our lives.
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