On Saturday night the BBC News announced that the Treasury had told government departments to outline plans to show what 40% spending cuts would look like in their various areas. Humanly speaking this is a frightening prospect and one that will no doubt cause much anxiety to many people.

Interestingly yesterdays devotional reading from My Utmost For His Highest focused on Psalm 37:8 which tells us not to fret as it only causes harm. In particular the last paragraph spoke to me:

Have you been propping up that foolish soul of yours with the idea that your circumstances are too much for God to handle? Set all your opinions and speculations aside and “abide under the shadow of the Almighty” ( Psalm 91:1 ). Deliberately tell God that you will not fret about whatever concerns you. All our fretting and worrying is caused by planning without God.

The whole piece entitled One of God’s Great “Don’ts” is worth reading.