Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
“We are bid to commit our way unto the Lord. It is our work to cast care, and it is God’s work to take care. Immoderate care is a spiritual canker that doth waste and dispirit; We may sooner, by our care, add a furlong to our grief than a cubit to our comfort. Care when it is either distrustful or distracting is very dishonorable to God: it denies his providence, as if he sat in heaven and minded not what became of things below.”
Thomas Watson in Puritan Gems; or, Wise and Holy Saying of the Rev. Thomas Watson, Anglican Minister. edited and arranged by the Rev. John Adey (London: Snow and Ward, 1850) 14.
Notice that taking care instead of casting care leaves a person denying providence. Don’t let that be you. But let’s see the test. Do you trust in yourself or do you trust in God’s providence to sustain you?
I trusted in myself for years. The world tells us to do it. I remember when I was in a time of transition in 2009, I said I trusted God, but my trust was in the wealth I had stored up. Only when I stored that up in heaven did I know what it meant to trust in God.
That’s when life began for me and my family. I’ve posted Daily Meditations for 15+ years since that time. Part of what drives me is a passion to spread the word, to point people to life.
Most chose immoderate care which results in spiritual canker. Don’t let that be you.
Generosity is not becoming uber wealthy so you can give a lot. Generosity is serving as a conduit of material and spiritual blessing with whatever you’ve got. Any other way of thinking improperly takes care.
Generous people cast their cares on God knowing that He has our eternity sorted, and we aim at maximizing our role here.
Happy Valentine’s day everyone. Revel in the love of God who cares for us more and better than we could ever imagine caring for ourselves.