Text:
1 Peter 5:6-7 (NLT)
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.
Observation:
The lyrics of this Mahalia Jackson song speaks into my heart as I ponder this topic.
“Soon I will be done
With the troubles of the world
Troubles of the world
Troubles of the world
Soon I will be done
Troubles of the world
I’m going home to live with God.”
There are more than enough worries and cares in our lives. They begin in our own lives, and we take them everywhere we go. I read something recently that said, “Our churches would be great except for the people.”
The lyrics from the above song says, “Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world, I’m going home to live with God.”
What do we do in the meantime? I read a post on Social Media recently that said, “We need to respond to hate with love; not more hate.” The Saint Francis Prayer just popped into my head.
“Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life”.
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Father, your Son, told us, that in the world we would have troubles and that He had overcome the world. Father, we give our cares to You and receive Your peace.
Father, help us to get through these trying time by showing love, and not hate. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.
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1 Samuel 3:10 (NLT)
10 And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
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