Friday, September 7, 2012
Another storm in our path!
Another afternoon of Isaac storms kept me glued to the weather station reports. I was so relieved when the tornado watch was downgraded and when that watch time expired. I am a white-knuckle weather watcher who does not have a basement and I have figured out where my best safety spot will be at least a thousand times. (I have yet to go there).
Then I got a telephone call from my niece, Layne, saying that she had driven up to her apartment in her new car and a tree fell on her car and she thought it was totaled. She was sitting in the car when it happened. She was not hurt and I learned the results before I had time to be worried about her.
An old Scripture came to me immediately, "God careth for you." That hit me in the face. Did I actually believe that? With billions of people (forget about all the birds, animals, and beasts of burden) am I stupid enough or is my mind able to wrap such a possibility around it? Do I believe that God cares for me, one Jane Stacy, insignificant in Cape Girardeau? 1 Peter 5:7 says: "Cast all your anxiety upon him because he cares for you." Peter was a disciple and spent time with Jesus and he made that flat out statement!
I did a little more digging on that scripture while I was relaxing after the tornado watch and waiting for the color to come back in my knuckles. J. Hampton Keathley III writes that God is not like a huge vending machine; we can't stick in a quarter and get what we want to take care of our hunger and thirst. That's not the real deal. The Greek word for anxiety is "merimna". It pertains to any cares and concerns we have that we need to give to God in order for us to grow as he would have us grow. "Pas" is the Greek word for "all". Cast all your cares upon him; don't give him a vending machine list of the moment. Give your anxieties and detriments to God in total, lock, stock and barrel, and ask him to take the mess you have made out of your life and lead you on to new ways of living and wisdom. God wants your all; he cares for you as a total person! But you don't get to nitpick and pick and choose in the deal!
So I guess I can quit praying during storm times only. I need to cast a much bigger net on the Lord.
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