What if I stopped asking "what if?"

I find myself asking a lot of "What if" questions lately.  I've done this throughout my life.  Sometimes I'm asking backwards "what ifs":  What if I had never done ________.  These days its more of the forward "what ifs":  What if it has metastacized?

The truth is, "what if" isn't the right question.  All of my "what ifs" already have an answer, and that answer is Jesus.  He is enough.  He has won the battle.  His promises are guaranteed.  Our relationship is not based on mere agreements.  They are based on a covenant.  God promised that He would save me.  In return, all I have to do is believe that He did it.

In Genesis 13-15 the Bible tells me about the covenant God made with Abraham.  Back then when a covenant was made, the two parties would take an animal, cut it in half, lay it on the ground and then make the covenant and walk between the parts of the animal together.  The idea was, "If either of us breaks this covenant, may this (animal cut in half) happen to the one who broke it."  So, God tells Abraham to gather one of each of the traditional sacrificial animals, a calf, a goat, a lamb, a dove, etc.  This covenant was so important that every single sacrificial animal was used.  They cut them in half and laid them out on the ground.  Then God spoke the covenant....and put Abraham to sleep.  God walked through the animals alone.  By doing this He said, "If either of us break this covenant, may this happen to me."

Of course, Abraham and his descendants broke the covenant over and over, every single day.  And God was torn in two.  He died on the cross because we didn't keep the covenant.

How can I ask "what if" when I know the answer.  Q: "What if I have cancer?"  A: "God loves  you so much he sent his only son."  Q: "What if the cancer is widespread?" A: "God loves you so much he sent his only son." Q: "What if my children lose their mother and my husband loses his wife?" A: "God loves them so much he sent his only son."

There is no "what if" in the life of this Believer.  There is only "who."