EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!
SUBJECT : ATTRACTING GOD’S CARE!
Memory verse:
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."
(First Peter 5 vs 7.)
READ: Psalm 103 vs 8 - 14 & 17:
103:8: The Lord is merciful and gracious. Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
103:9: He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever.
103:10: He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities.
103:11: For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
103:12: As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
103:13: As s father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
103:14: For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
103:17: But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him. And His righteousness to children's children.
INTIMATION:
God is concerned about every human being He has created, and He is not willing that any should perish. God is concerned and interested in you personally and in every detail of your life. Too often we focus on God as Judge and Lawgiver, ignoring His compassion and concern for us. When God examines our lives He remembers are human condition. His mercy takes everything into account. God will deal with you compassionately. We are fragile but God's care is eternal.
God is so caring that when He forgives us our sin, He separates it from us and doesn't even remember it. East and west can never meet and this is a symbolic portrait of God's forgiveness when our sin is forgiven. We need never wallow in the past, for God forgives and forgets.
Subjects of the Kingdom are the objects of God’s care. He
will take care of those who seek Him first. Therefore, we attract God’s care when we put Him first in our lives. Putting Him first means
to fill your thoughts with His desires, to take His character for your pattern, to serve and obey Him in everything, and
to turn to God first for help
. Subjects of the kingdom
desire that the will of the Father be done on earth in their hearts as it is done in heaven. God’s righteousness comes through one’s submission to His will. Seeking the kingdom of God, therefore, must always be first. If you desire to attract God’s care, He should be first in all things. You must desire to commit yourself to the Lord and delight in Him. To commit yourself to the Lord means entrusting everything—your life, family, job, possessions—to His control and guidance. It’s to trust in Him, believing that He can care for you better than you can yourself. We should be willing to wait patiently for Him to work out what is best for us. To delight in the Lord is to experience great pleasure and joy in His presence. This happens only when we know Him well. Thus, we must know Him better. Knowledge of God’s great love for us will indeed give us delight.
One must take the initiative to keep oneself in the love of God. Those who have made their hands dirty by becoming a friend of the world, must repent. If one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in his heart. Those who love activities and possessions of this world do not love the Father, for they are obsessed with the things of this world.
God wants us to yield completely to Him; being totally devoted to Him. He desires that we daily lay aside our own desires to follow Him, putting all our energy and resources at His disposal and trusting Him to guide us. This is because He has good, pleasing, perfect, and best plans for us. Therefore, devoting yourself to Him is reasonable, and the most proper thing to do.
Prayer: Abba Father, my utmost heart desire is an intimate relationship with You, with total commitment to Your will, and putting You first in everything in my life. to serve and obey You in everything, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.
Give me the grace
PRAISE THE LORD!
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