We often think it is cute when we see a toddler trying to do things for themselves. Such independence! But shortly afterwards, we observe the parents chasing after the little one trying to protect it from unforeseen dangers. I imagine our Father in Heaven is much like the parents of the toddler - rushing around to protect us from ourselves and preventing us from encountering unseen dangers.
How often we incorrectly assume that we can handle a situation all by our self? You know the really simple ones that could never go wrong? I mean, we don't have to depend on God for everything - right? Wrong. If we are not allowing God to direct us in every way, we are asking for trouble. David sums it up well in Psalms 20:7-8: Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Where do you put your trust? In your own strength or the One that never fails?
