“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows.”
(Psa. 127:2)
There is nothing wrong in early rising or sitting up late at night provided one is not filled with anxiety, worrying about the day ahead or the previous day’s activities. It is vain (pointless, useless) to do so. Depressed Job speaks of wearisome nights and days without hope. ” We who are prone to worry, more so than the average, can give testimony that often our desire is that mentioned in Deuteronomy, “Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning!” Around the clock worry.
Worry can whittle an individual down to the point where he or she almost becomes a nonentity. Is there any ray of hope for such miserable, imprisoned souls? Thank God, there is! I think a wall plaque I saw recently, says it best, “My Worries Are Few Because My Blessings Are Many.” Putting your manifold blessings along side your problems will dwarf the former every time. It dawned on me some years ago that worrying is telling the devil you believe him. We can’t worry and say we believe the promises of God. It is unconscionable!
“ What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”
(Psa. 56:3)
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