Monday September 24 2012:
1 Peter
5:7. “Give all your worries and cares to
God, for he cares about what happens to you.”
I struggle with this
scripture, do you?
As a wife of 46+ years, mother
of five children, grandmother of eleven and retired teacher, I have had my
share of worries and cares. I have
always been aware of this promise and have tried to apply it in my life. With good intentions, I give my worries to
the Lord and I know he willingly accepts them.
All too soon I start feeling guilty because I’m not worrying anymore. Soon I find myself taking back the problem
and worry takes over. I know this is the
work of the enemy telling me I should
not really give up the problem. I know
then that I feel I am too important to really submit the worry!.......!
I have discovered many people
do the same thing about the cares of today but Peter tells us to give them to
God.
Oh; that we could be so strong in
faith and mature enough to realize it is against scripture to worry and fuss. Let us practice his advice today and see what
a wonderful peace is ours. Perhaps we
can also carry it into tomorrow and the next day until it becomes a spiritual
automatic reflex. What a glorious God we
serve and how much he must love us to take all our cares.
Prayer for
today: Dear Heavenly Father, I am so
thankful that you care about my worries and you tell me to give them all to
you. Lord, because I am who I am, I have
trouble accepting this request and I tend to keep the worries to myself. Help me, Lord to realize life is so much
easier when I do what you expect me to do.
You are the Great I Am and everything is possible with you and I am not
able to solve the problems so Lord, help me to give them and continue to give
them to you. My life will be less
cumbersome and freer when I truly trust you with my whole life, even my
troubles and worries. In Jesus name,
Amen.
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