Trusting God in a Highly Suspicious World
Do you remember Alfred E. Newman? He was Mad Magazine's poster child for the perennial adolescent who's motto for life was "What, me worry?" The only thing wrong with Alfred was that the reason he never worried about anything was because he was in ignorant bliss. He was his own boss as a cartoon, not answerable to anyone. He was created with no obligations whatsoever, so what did he have to worry about? The real challenge for anyone seeking to live a godly life in a world where Satan goes about seeking whom he may devour is to follow the Lord's instructions to die to self and live a life trusting God for everything. Our natural inclination is to not trust anyone but ourselves. But that's why someone came up with the phrase, "If someone represents himself in court, he has a fool for a lawyer." The Biblical equivalent of that is Proverbs 28:26, "He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walks wisely, he shall be d