In the movie "What About Bob?", Bob could come up with millions of ways the world could come crashing in on him every minute of every day. Destruction and chaos plague his thoughts so much that even going outside is a challenge. Touching a door knob could bring upon the plague, or someone sneezing three blocks away could send tiny particles of disease his direction, via an innocent breeze.
But do you ever stop to think about how much you really are protected from... whatever? I was driving when the thought hit me that I am protected from things I am not even aware of. This very day, there could have been an asteroid billions of light years away headed straight at my car, and through some divine cosmic shield, the asteroid eroded into a grain of sand by the time it reached me. And since cars are driven by humans, any number of collisions could occur at any moment that squish me under my dash. My roof could cave in. My hair could catch on fire. I could get chocked on a misguided swallow of water.
If we believe that God is sovereign, (in charge of everything), over time it is easy to "not see" all the things we are protected from. Sort of like we are wrapped in this warm blanket of love as we wonder through this world of mystery. Romans 8:36, Paul writes, "For your sake we face death all day long;... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loves us."
After a while of thinking on how protected you really are from things you cannot see, you begin to realize something beautiful. Maybe you really matter a great deal after all.
