What We Don't See

I know God is sovereign, that He rules over all things big and small. I know that because of God's infinite love He gave His only Son to die for me, to rescue me from the darkness of my sin, and that He not only forgave me but made me His child. I know because God is my Father that He watches over me every day and cares for me. I say that I know all these things but it is also true that I don't always remember them. It is true that I don't always have a felt sense of God's love and care. But, how thankful I am that my frailty and weakness and forgetfulness and even doubtings do not change the reality of God's love and care. It is an astounding truth that God never stops thinking about me. It is mind boggling to realize that there is not a nano-second that I am not being cared for by the mighty God of Creation. This is true about material things and physical things but I was struck today about how this is also true in that spiritual realm that is unseen. I can't imagine how many times every day the mighty hand of God protects and upholds and keeps and strengthens when I am so unaware of it.

Psalm 34:7 tells us, "The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them."

Hebrews 1:14 says, "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation."

I wonder if some day God will replay for us our lives and show us the spiritual warfare that was taking place all around us that we were so often unaware of. What a great God! What a loving Father! If it were not so, I could not survive for a minute.