"Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save." (Psalm 146:3)
We have a tendency to place our hope in those who are elected, and always end up being disappointed - because politics by its very nature requires compromises. Ultimately, whoever is elected will always make decisions that prove difficult for the greater silent majority; seeing they are swayed mostly by those who are vocal and vindictive - which things we are not.
Our consolation comes in knowing this great truth - "The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord: (Proverbs 16:33). The message says, "Make you motions and cast your votes, but GOD has the final say."
Elsewhere the Bible say, "...promotion comes neither from the east, not from the west, not from the south, But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another." (Psalm 75:6-7). The bottom line is this - the vote is cast by man; but the decision is made by God.
The question then is simple - do we trust God, or not? Does He know what He is doing, or not? Is He good, or not?
"But what if evil advances?" we ask, "What if darkness prevails? What then?"
There is a great old poem that answers it best:
"Though the cause of evil proper, yet the Truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the Throne be wrong.
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown,
stand God within the shadow keeping watch above His Own."
Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." This covers a wide variety of problems, for He went on to say, "In the world you shall have trouble; but in Me you will have peace - for I have overcome the world." Our peace comes when we stay focused upon the Lord.
God has also commissioned the CHURCH to PRAY for ALL those in authority. If we are not doing this, we cannot stop the devil from doing what he does best, messing up the world! As we PRAY for America, God will assure our hearts, and take care of us.
The future then, depends on US!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Secret of the Un-anxious Life
"Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you." (1 Peter 5:7)
Anxiety can tear you apart, because it pulls you in many directions at the same time. Once anxiety seizes your mind, you're not good for anything else until you break free from its grip. So, here's how you do it.
Cast your cares upon the Lord.
The word cares means anxiety. The word cast means "to hurl." In other words, the moment anxiety starts putting its squeeze on your mind, grab a hold of it and HURL it onto the Lord. Don't pitch it; don't toss it; don't lob it - HURL IT. Remove it as far as possible away from you.
In other words, you have to let go of it. By holding onto anxiety you form a partnership that trumps your friendship with God. and you empower anxiety to be even stronger than it actually is. Let it go - hurl it upon the Lord.
And here's the secret of why you can do this - HE CARES FOR YOU!
How odd that we would think our care for ourselves exceeds the care which the Lord has for us. And how absurd when we conclude that our ability to take care of things is greater then God's power to do so. Yet that is exactly what anxiety cause us to do, over and over again.
So cast your anxieties upon the Lord BY CHANGING YOUR FOCUS from caring about yourself to realizing HE CARES FOR YOU. And he can do a much better job of it than you can.
Say it out loud to yourself and watch the cords begin to break away from your mind - "HE CARE FOR ME!" Say it over and over, in any anxious moment, and God will bless you with a care free mind and a liberated life.
Anxiety can tear you apart, because it pulls you in many directions at the same time. Once anxiety seizes your mind, you're not good for anything else until you break free from its grip. So, here's how you do it.
Cast your cares upon the Lord.
The word cares means anxiety. The word cast means "to hurl." In other words, the moment anxiety starts putting its squeeze on your mind, grab a hold of it and HURL it onto the Lord. Don't pitch it; don't toss it; don't lob it - HURL IT. Remove it as far as possible away from you.
In other words, you have to let go of it. By holding onto anxiety you form a partnership that trumps your friendship with God. and you empower anxiety to be even stronger than it actually is. Let it go - hurl it upon the Lord.
And here's the secret of why you can do this - HE CARES FOR YOU!
How odd that we would think our care for ourselves exceeds the care which the Lord has for us. And how absurd when we conclude that our ability to take care of things is greater then God's power to do so. Yet that is exactly what anxiety cause us to do, over and over again.
So cast your anxieties upon the Lord BY CHANGING YOUR FOCUS from caring about yourself to realizing HE CARES FOR YOU. And he can do a much better job of it than you can.
Say it out loud to yourself and watch the cords begin to break away from your mind - "HE CARE FOR ME!" Say it over and over, in any anxious moment, and God will bless you with a care free mind and a liberated life.
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