Psalm 37: Do Not Fret

Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
-Psalm 37:1-13 NIV

Do not fret, David says, and Jesus echoes his words centuries later.  How then have we as Christians become such worriers.  We worry about things we cannot control.  We worry about the weather, we worry about the political situation,  we worry about our health, and now Obamacare, as if it was in any one human's hands to control the outcome.  'Do not worry', Jesus says.  To paraphrase His words, 'Not a hair of your head will be touched unless my father wills it.  Who can add one day to his life?'

It is vanity to think that anyone can right a wrong situation, that any politician, doctor, lawyer, soldier or policeman can make our life any better. Our minds invest too much power in those who really have no control of the outcome,  who cannot add even one day to our life.  While most of those who propose hope would have us think they are only considering our own good, in truth, as David says, they are trying to throw off the influence of God in our lives.m They want to free us from the 'shackles' under which we have been laboring....the shackles of His love.

Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band against the Lord and against his anointed saying, " Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles" - Ps. 2:1-4 NIV

When Jesus says not to worry, it's not a matter of  'Que sera, sera',  but a matter of  'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven'.  God's will is being done in heaven and is being done here on the earth if we only have eyes to see it.  It may not be the outcome we imagine, but it is His will none the less.  Not a hair of our head will be touched unless our Heavenly Father wills it.