A. W. Tozer: "How are we going to escape fear, when there are legitimate dangers that lie all around us?
Well, here's what the man of God says: "Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God and the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Someone is looking after us. The Bible says "He careth for you." Jesus, our Lord, says: "Your Father knows what you have need of before you ask Him." And Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled." And in all your afflictions, He was afflicted, it says.
The Bible pictures God as a very careful, tender-hearted Father, busying Himself about the troubles of His people. He looks after them, goes ahead of them, cares for them, and guides them all the way through.
There you see the problem of worry and anxiety is solved by the assurance that while there are things about which to be concerned, why should you worry, when Somebody is taking care of you!"
[Tozer, A. W. Tozer Topical Reader: Volume Two. Compiled by Ron Eggert. Camp Hill, PA: WingSpread Publishers, 2007. WORDsearch CROSS e-book.]
