Rick Warren Daily Devotional (October 18, 2025) You’re Always on His Mind.
“The LORD, who is always thinking about us, will bless us.” Psalm 115:12 (GW)
No one cares about your life more than God does. In fact, he cares about your life more than you do.
There’s an old Willie Nelson song, “You Were Always on My Mind.” But the idea behind that song just isn’t true. No matter how much you love someone, they can’t be on your mind all the time.
But I want to tell you this: You are always on God’s mind. He is never not thinking about you. He’s thinking about you right now.
The Bible teaches this over and over. Psalm 115:12 says, “The LORD, who is always thinking about us, will bless us” (GW). And the Living Bible paraphrase of 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.”
Whatever concerns you concerns God—all the things you’re worried about or afraid about. There is nothing in your life you’re concerned about that God isn’t concerned about, because you are always on his mind.
Because you’re always on God’s mind, he’s always looking out for you. And that means you can always trust his plan for your life.
Before that first Christmas so many years ago, Mary accepted God’s destiny for her life because she knew God was always looking out for her. After the angel told her that God had chosen her as the mother of his Son, she said, “For he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant” (Luke 1:48 NIV).
What does “mindful” mean? That means God is alert. He’s attentive. He’s aware. He’s focused. He’s paying attention. When nobody else is paying attention to you, God’s paying attention to you. He notices everything. In fact, Jesus said this about your life: “What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered” (Matthew 10:29-30 NLT).
You don’t know the number of hairs on your head—but God does. That’s how much attention he pays to your life!
God’s mindfulness—his attention, his concern—made Mary trust God with her destiny. Will you trust him with your destiny too?
Talk It Over
- Who do you think about the most? What kind of care and attention do you give to that person?
- What does it mean to you to know that you’re always on God’s mind?
- What difference does it make to know that God pays attention to every single detail of your life—even numbering the hairs on your head?
