Monday, January 5, 2009
Morning and Evening: 01/06
Monday, January 05, 2009—posted by Kevin Otsuji
» Today's reading at Blue Letter Bible
In the Heidelberg Catechism, the question is asked:
The following answer is given:
There is nothing in our lives that comes to us by chance—it is all from His fatherly hand. We can place all of our care into His sovereign, loving, gracious and fatherly hands. Amazing!
Spurgeon brings us through today's Morning and Evening to want more than anything to find ourselves in the all powerful hands of God. I hope this encourages all of us on this day. There used to be the slogan for AllState Insurance,
We as Christians are found in the most powerful, loving, and faithful hands imaginable...now that is the kind of insurance...rather assurance...that each of us needs today.
God Bless,
Pastor Kevin
In the Heidelberg Catechism, the question is asked:
What dost thou mean by the providence of God?
The following answer is given:
The almighty and everywhere present power of God; whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all things come, not by chance, but be his fatherly hand.
There is nothing in our lives that comes to us by chance—it is all from His fatherly hand. We can place all of our care into His sovereign, loving, gracious and fatherly hands. Amazing!
Spurgeon brings us through today's Morning and Evening to want more than anything to find ourselves in the all powerful hands of God. I hope this encourages all of us on this day. There used to be the slogan for AllState Insurance,
You're in good hands with AllState.
We as Christians are found in the most powerful, loving, and faithful hands imaginable...now that is the kind of insurance...rather assurance...that each of us needs today.
God Bless,
Pastor Kevin
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Spurgeon's selected text of 1 Peter 5:7, is the second phrase of a sentence. The first phrase is given in 1 Peter 5:6. Let's look at them together.
"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:6-7 NKJV)
1 Peter 5:6 indicates that whatever we are suffering or going through is merely a prelude to when He will exalt us. As if we have any reason to be exalted anyway! But when the time is right ("proper") He is going to exalt us. I assume this is speaking, at least in part, of our future glorification. How pleasant that will be! Paul speaks about that time in this way:
"...looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ..." (Titus 2:13)
Our blessed hope is not seeking comfort in this world, but our glorification when He comes in glory, it is Jesus Christ Himself.
Until then, as Kevin has intimated:
"Your in good hands with All Grace".
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