Please join with us in prayer, voicing your praise and your petitions to the Lord.
AMEN KAYAK AND AMEN ALL!
GRACE TO ALL BRETHREN!
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee."
- Psalm 55:22
Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess,
has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is
earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by
the apostles; and it is one which cannot be neglected without involving
transgression: for the very essence of anxious care is the imagining that
we are wiser than God, and the thrusting ourselves into his place to do
for him that which he has undertaken to do for us. We attempt to think of
that which we fancy he will forget; we labour to take upon ourselves our
weary burden, as if he were unable or unwilling to take it for us. Now
this disobedience to his plain precept, this unbelief in his Word, this
presumption in intruding upon his province, is all sinful. Yet more than
this, anxious care often leads to acts of sin. He who cannot calmly leave
his affairs in God's hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely
to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself. This sin leads to a
forsaking of God as our counsellor, and resorting instead to human wisdom.
This is going to the "broken cistern" instead of to the "fountain;" a sin
which was laid against Israel of old. Anxiety makes us doubt God's
lovingkindness, and thus our love to him grows cold; we feel mistrust, and
thus grieve the Spirit of God, so that our prayers become hindered, our
consistent example marred, and our life one of self-seeking.
Thus want of confidence in God leads us to wander far from him; but if
through simple faith in his promise, we cast each burden as it comes upon
him, and are "careful for nothing" because he undertakes to care for us,
it will keep us close to him, and strengthen us against much temptation.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee,
because he trusteth in thee.
"
C.H.SPURGEON
5 SOLAS!
Joining you in prayer for our president and our beloved troops this Memorial Day Weekend and always, kayak.
Catching up on the threads here myself...you're tardiness need not be apologized for, thank you for posting the prayers and for inviting the rest of us to join in.