Humble take 2

I got a phone call today about money stuff. My normal routine is to get anxious and do a bit of a freak out beforehand and worry and stress and try and position things and work out how this will all be handled. Sound familiar? Then, I paused. We had been listening to worship music all morning. I have been studying and filling my mind faithfully every day.

Granted my life can be like a Jenga block set. Pull one block out and watch them teeter. Yet, is God on the throne of my life? Can I trust him with my life? My family?

I am learning that for as many times I ask how I can be praying FOR people, I need to request prayer as well. And it has been so good to know my family is covered in prayer.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time, ⁷ casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. 1 Peter 5: 6-7 AMP

Humble. Resting under his care. So, even when I can’t see stuff, when the money stuff flares, I can rest. I’ll be honest, that’s the freak for me. I hate the money. Your trigger may be different. I need to rest in his hands. What’s yours? Casting all the care, anxieties, worries, concerns ONCE AND FOR ALL on Him.

We aren’t meant to keep taking the care, worry, anxiety, concern BACK. The backpack is meant to be HIS. And we keep pulling it back on ourselves. I think for me, humble has negative connotations. A bit of the obedience hints for me (I struggle with that word, too). When I look at my life, though, and realize, when I relinquish the reigns, relinquish the power grip on whatever I’m trying to hold onto, I let go and let him.

I humble. I fall back. I say, his will. Not mine. So, this call today, went much better than I could have imagined. We breathe in. We breathe out. I pray that whatever you are dealing with today, you too can cast off your fears on him.