Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-7
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Insights: These verses continue the necessity for one to be humble of heart that we learned about yesterday. In today’s verses we find Peter admonishing these believers also to be in prayer to the Lord. Now it is true that no where in these verses is the word prayer actually used, but the concepts is clearly being communicated. Taking these two ideas, humility and prayer, let’s look at what happens to one who is truly humble under God’s mighty hand. What we find is this person is able to trust God to exult them at the proper time. Until that proper time, however, this humble believer is commanded to cast their anxieties or concerns on to the Lord. I think the last part is the most significant in these verses and here is what I mean by that statement. The last part tells us that God cares for us. In other words, because God cares for us and He is always faithful, we can trust Him with our concerns, worries, anxieties, doubts, fears and whatever else we might bring to the table. God is a trustworthy God. It is with this premise, Beloved, that I admonish you to develop a strong and healthy prayer life. As we pray to the Father and see Him work in the midst of our lives as a direct result of our prayers, our faith is strengthened. As our faith is strengthened we are able to trust Him even more. The more we are able to trust Him the more we talk with Him. The more we are talking to Him the more we are truly worshipping Him because our focus is completely on Him. There are seasons in our lives when talking with God is harder than at other times. Let me encourage you to pray even in those difficult times when it seems that God is not listening to you. I promise you, because He is always faithful, He is listening. He is evening answering your prayers His way and in His time. Learn to trust Him because often times in those moments of silence God is preparing to reveal more of Himself to you and it is worth going through those seasons of silence. Trust Him, cast your anxieties on Him, and watch Him amaze you.
Questions:
1. How well do you cast your cares on Jesus in prayer?
2. Have you come to realize the significance your prayer life has on your worship of the Lord?
Prayer: Father, thank You for giving to me the gift of prayer. To think that You, the Creator of the universe, desires to communicate with me is often times overwhelming. I am grateful beyond compare. Thank You, O Lord, my Savior. Amen.
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