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Daily Devotion: 1 Peter 5:6-7

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1 Peter 5:6-7     "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:  (7)  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

We have been looking at some of the promises of God in the past few weeks. We know He is faithful and true and not one of His promises have ever, or will ever, fail. We are in the family of God because of His promise of salvation through His Son, Jesus the Christ. Our home in heaven is secured through the work of Jesus on the cross when He laid down His life for us. This morning, I want to think about His eternal love and care for us. There are so many passages that we could choose to look at where this promise is reinforced. "For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." (Psalm 100:5) Aren't you thankful that His mercy and His truth endures "to all generations."  That tells me that the same love and care that was exhibited toward Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is given to me all these many generations later. God promises that He changes not. See Malachi 3:6.

Because of His unchangeability, we can place our complete confidence and trust in Him. It is a very humbling thing to know that the Creator of this universe and all that is in it knows me by name. It is a very humbling thing to know that the Sustainer of every atom in this universe takes time to listen to my feeblest prayer and gives me His full and undivided attention. It is a humbling thing to know that the Lord would cause the sun to stand still if I really needed that to happen. It is only natural for me to humble myself when I stop to think upon His goodness and greatness.  It is humbling to know that His love for me is the cause for His reaching down to lift me up when I am in the deepest and darkest valley. It is humbling to know that our Lord tells us to cast "all (our) care upon Him." But then to realize that He takes it very personally and then lovingly gives the proper care that we need each time we feel the pressure of the world weighing heavily upon us. We can cast our care upon Him because He is trustworthy and filled with loving care for us.  Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so; but also, His Holy Spirit speaks that loving care into my heart every single day. May I daily relay that love to others.

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
and to take him at his word;
just to rest upon his promise,
and to know, "Thus saith the Lord."

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!

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