Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
I Peter 5:6-7, 10
Waiting is perhaps the hardest task we face as people and even as believers. We are a right now generation; impatient, eager, anxious, and impulsive, just to name a few. Being humble and patient is not a given, but learned attributes, through trials, circumstances, uncontrollable conditions, and especially life experiences. According to our scripture today, there is a blessing in the wait!
Peter writes to the early church that they must be humble. He wants them to overcome the attitudes of bitterness and anxiety and to replace it with confidence and trust in God. The very act of having a humble spirit means to be modest; unassuming in our attitude and behavior before God. Not having the proper response, changes the wait time and works against what God is trying to do in us. Being humble is to submit and the act of submission or surrendering brings about obedience to His will; when we comply, we are exalted and the Lord begins the process of promoting, positioning, and increasing us.
He also lets them know that we can cast or give the Lord all of our cares and concerns; our worries and uncertainties; our fears, our doubts, and put all of our trust in Him. The Lord is looking for a people that would yield his or her will to His will. He genuinely and sincerely cares about us; He is the God of mercy, compassion and grace, the one who imparts favor, the one who imparts the blessings, the one who has called us into His eternal glory by sending His Son (John 17).
The righteous will suffer, Peter tells us, but our suffering is not a punishment, but to bring about perfection in Christ; so think it not strange when the fiery trials come up against us to try our faith (I Peter 4:12-13); because it is for our making. However, after awhile, He will make us complete in Him, establish and prove us, make us stronger and increase us and cause us to have peace. Verse 10 gives such encouragement and hope that it should inspire us to continue on knowing that God is concerned about the whole man and that He is preparing us for purpose.
With this expectation, we should wait in humbleness on the Lord to establish us according to His Word, knowing that He has a great work for us to do and in the midst of our fiery trials, in the midst of our purifying, know that in due time, it works out for our good!
Our soul will look back and wonder...
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
I Peter 5:6-7, 10
Waiting is perhaps the hardest task we face as people and even as believers. We are a right now generation; impatient, eager, anxious, and impulsive, just to name a few. Being humble and patient is not a given, but learned attributes, through trials, circumstances, uncontrollable conditions, and especially life experiences. According to our scripture today, there is a blessing in the wait!
Peter writes to the early church that they must be humble. He wants them to overcome the attitudes of bitterness and anxiety and to replace it with confidence and trust in God. The very act of having a humble spirit means to be modest; unassuming in our attitude and behavior before God. Not having the proper response, changes the wait time and works against what God is trying to do in us. Being humble is to submit and the act of submission or surrendering brings about obedience to His will; when we comply, we are exalted and the Lord begins the process of promoting, positioning, and increasing us.
He also lets them know that we can cast or give the Lord all of our cares and concerns; our worries and uncertainties; our fears, our doubts, and put all of our trust in Him. The Lord is looking for a people that would yield his or her will to His will. He genuinely and sincerely cares about us; He is the God of mercy, compassion and grace, the one who imparts favor, the one who imparts the blessings, the one who has called us into His eternal glory by sending His Son (John 17).
The righteous will suffer, Peter tells us, but our suffering is not a punishment, but to bring about perfection in Christ; so think it not strange when the fiery trials come up against us to try our faith (I Peter 4:12-13); because it is for our making. However, after awhile, He will make us complete in Him, establish and prove us, make us stronger and increase us and cause us to have peace. Verse 10 gives such encouragement and hope that it should inspire us to continue on knowing that God is concerned about the whole man and that He is preparing us for purpose.
With this expectation, we should wait in humbleness on the Lord to establish us according to His Word, knowing that He has a great work for us to do and in the midst of our fiery trials, in the midst of our purifying, know that in due time, it works out for our good!
Our soul will look back and wonder...
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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