Submission and Living a carefree life

23 December 2018

'Therefore humble yourself 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

The Message version says this:
'So be content with or you are and don't put on airs. God's stronghold is on you; He'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; He is most careful with you.'

God wants us to submit to Him, dying to self and living for Him. Living a content and worry-free life is how we should be, especially in the stress filled life that many of us have. Budgets and targets to meet. Dashing from here to there to get the results that we are expected to get. And if we don't perform well, we're out. You only have to look at the world of football managers. One minute they're the bees knees, the next after a string of bad matches, they're sacked. Stress and more stress.
Sometimes we want God to give us all we have asked Him for, NOW! We find it difficult to wait - to be tolerant. God intends us to live carefree lives, free from all the cares of the world. This is why He asks us to cast all of our care upon Him, because He can handle it and knows the answer to many of the things we are fretting about on a daily basis.
Why are you worrying abut something you cannot change? Why are you fretting and driving yourself and others in your family, round the bend? Worry is a killer. It can bring on illness, possibly heart attacks. Jesus says, 'submit and give it all to Me.' He can change it - you can't, or you would have done it by now. Don't you agree?