Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them. Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye… – Psalm 17:7, 8 Amplified Bible (AMP)

I’ve worn glasses since I was 16 years old. Twice in my life – once as a high schooler and once as a college kid – I tried switching to contacts. I failed miserably both times to make the switch, and the reason for my failure was a sensitivity to having anything foreign in my eye. Every time I tried to insert the contacts, I struggled and struggled to keep my eyes open. Then, the few times I succeeded in getting the contacts in, my eyes felt like they were being rubbed with sandpaper. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that contacts weren’t for me, so I’ve been wearing glasses all of my adult life.

Due to these, and other, experiences, I am well aware of how much I desire to protect my eyes from anything remotely harmful. I daresay that everyone has such a desire, and I can think of few things any of us would strive more to protect than our eyesight. Just as we naturally desire to protect our eyes, God naturally desires to protect His children. He desires to shield us from the dangers that threaten our souls, regardless of whether those dangers originate from our own lusts or from some outside source. In order to afford ourselves of His protection, all we need do is trust in God – which includes obeying His commandments – and then believe fully that, just as He is powerful enough to save us from eternal damnation, He is powerful enough to deliver us from our present enemies. Christ’s work of salvation, which we remember on this Easter Sunday, was not only a work of rescue from an eternity in Hell. It was a work of rescue from the cares of this world, which is why God encourages us to cast all of our cares upon Him, for He careth for us.

God can rescue us from difficult circumstances, but it is not always His will to do so. It IS always His will, however, to rescue our souls from the anxiety and fear that sin brings. When anxiety and fear knock on your doorstep, ask God to show you the way out of the doldrums and into His peace. If you ask this in faith, He will be sure to show you the way.

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