We continued in the study of 2 Samuel:11 at evening church last night. I went back through it and a lot of the cross reference passages and the closing points of the message. The Sunday School prayer request sheet was longer this week as well. Surely never a lack of things to pray for.
The guys have decided to set harvest aside for a few days. It is supposed to be very warm and windy this week. We do have a chance of rain tonight, but they are hoping that the corn will go ahead and dry a few more points and they will get going again by next week for sure. The soybeans changed so much just from yesterday morning to evening. This strong breezed has knocked a lot of leaves off and they are drying down nicely.
I plan to get my bookwork done this morning and have actually found my treadmill again and will get that chore done as well. Hope to get a couple of casseroles made and put in the freezer, too. It is going to get real busy in the next few weeks.
Cast Your Cares (from Our Daily Bread)
READ: Philippians 4:4-9
Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. —1 Peter 5:7
The psalmist wrote, "Be still, and know that I am God" (46:10). Paul exhorted the Philippians to "be anxious for nothing" (Phil. 4:6). And Peter instructed his readers to cast all their cares on God (1 Peter 5:7).
How can someone stop worrying and be "still"? Only through prayer and trust in the loving God (Phil. 4:6-7). Those who cast their cares on Him can set aside the noise and confusion, ambitions and strivings, and enter into the peace of God (v.7).
This doesn’t mean that those who are "still" before the Lord will escape life’s dangers and dilemmas, but it does mean they will have the ability to live with tranquility in the midst of them. Though trouble may remain, the confusion, apprehension, and despair begin to fade away. Such people show poise under pressure; they’re unshaken by life’s alarms; they radiate peace wherever they go.
If you’ve never acquainted yourself with the depths of God’s love and His call for you to live in that love, your life will be filled with anxiety and cares. You’ll often be fretful and restless—always looking for that illusive "something more."
When you learn to turn your confidence toward God and cast your cares on Him, you can be calm in the midst of life’s demands.
I love to dwell upon the thought
That Jesus cares for me,
It matters not what life may bring—
He loves me tenderly. —Adams
Because God cares for us, we can leave our cares with Him.
1 comment:
That is one excellent little devotional piece!
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