Today's Daily Bread
“Don’t Worry, Dad!”
Our Daily Bread
Last summer, my husband and I hosted a concert and fundraiser for
childhood cancer research. We planned to have the event in our backyard,
but weather forecasts were dismal. A few hours before the event, we
began calling our 100+ guests to inform them of a change in venue. As
our friends and family began feverishly toting food, decorations, and
equipment from our house to our church gym, our daughter Rosie took a
moment to give her dad a hug and remind him on behalf of the kids and
grandkids that they were there for him: “Don’t worry, Dad! We’ve got
your back.”
Hearing that expression is comforting because it reminds us that
we’re not on our own. Someone is saying, “I’m here. I’ll take care of
whatever you might miss. I’ll be a second set of eyes and hands for
you.”
As the Israelites were escaping a life of slavery, Pharaoh sent his
army of chariots and horsemen to give chase (Ex. 14:17). But “the Angel
of God . . . and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood
behind them” (v.19). In this way, God hid and protected them throughout
the night. The next day, He parted the Red Sea so they could safely
cross over.
God tells us “Don’t worry” as well. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31).
God’s hand that holds the ocean’s depths
Can hold my small affairs;
His hand that guides the universe
Can carry all my cares. —Anon.
Can hold my small affairs;
His hand that guides the universe
Can carry all my cares. —Anon.
Our work is to cast care; God’s work is to take care!
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