Earlier this morning, I took an opportunity to look at a guided prayer that YouVersion has and one of the scriptures it brought out was 1Peter 5:6-7.
[6] So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. [7] Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.5.6-7.NLT
Verse 7 reminded me of time when worry was all that occupied my mind, it was an opportunity for The Holy Spirit to reveal to me that "worry was prayer to another god." After the initial shock of that revelation, I repented and in time, that I needed to think upon good things and two, that this wrong thinking was because I did not see my God rightly. Verse 7a is seeing God Rightly, "HE CARES !!. What a wonderful revelation please remember that in every circumstance , The God of the universe cares He is not distant. Here is where our mind switches the enemy tells us " He doesn't care about you". (Caution, colloquialism warning!!) "Hog wash!", the enemy is a liar, if he says it believe the opposite, better yet change the channel reflect on what Peter is telling us. "Give all" , how much ? ALL. My english professor would have red marks all over this, (get back on track). Look our world is full of worry at every turn, the enemy is turning up the heat his time is short, God knows that we have worries and that they are real, but He knows the heart of man. Folks we can't carry worry but God can, take on the peace that passes all understanding and God will take care of it. One more thing, while scrolling down; a wife who was concerned for her husband; due to a heart condition; ask for prayer; but I noticed on the request earlier that she asked the Father to " open her closed fist". What a powerful revelation of her condition; be honest how many of us hold tightly to our worries; sick loved ones; our financial problems; and our looming future. Spend time today meditating on 1 Peter 5:6-7 soak in the trurth that God cares because He does. Bob Yandian brought out the point that we pray over and over about our concerns, "What Do You Think God Forgets"? Never, lay it down at His feet open your fist, and in due time our God will come through, but in the meantime, thank Him, praise Him.
PEACE
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