(“Comfort for the Desponding–Words to Soothe and Cheer Troubled Hearts!” 1864)
“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you!” 1 Peter 5:7
The Christian’s life is very much made up of cares and comforts.
We shall be sure to have earthly cares–but shall we have divine comfort?
This depends on God’s grace, which gives it–and our faith, which receives it. Cares must be cast on our God–or they will prove a burden too heavy for us. They will depress us, bewilder us, and make us wretched. But here is our comfort–we have always ONE to care for us, and the very One which of all others we would wish to do so, “The Lord cares for you!”
God cares for whom?
God’s care extends to every Christian . . .
the young and aged,
the weak and strong,
the poor and wealthy,
the doubting and confident.
Believer, He cares for you!
Who is it that cares for us?
It is the Lord, the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy;
who is so great–that we have no adequate conception of His greatness;
who is so good–that it is impossible fully to set forth His goodness;
It is He who created all things with His word, who governs all by His wisdom, and upholds all by His power.
His resources are infinite,
compassion is exquisite, and
His patience is surprisingly great.
He enters into all the circumstances of His redeemed people, is ever present with them, and rejoices over them to do them good. The angels obey Him, the seraphim adore Him, and all creation glorifies Him!
But though He is so exalted, so holy, and so unspeakably great . . .
He cares for you–as depressed and discouraged as you are.
And He cares for you individually, and according to the circumstances in which you are placed.
What does He do?
He cares for you!
And thinks of you!
He watches over you!
AndHe sympathizes with you!
He feels the deepest interest in you!
And He ever seeks your welfare!
He infallibly secures your good!
Your misery touches His heart,
your needs lie open to His view,
and your cries enter into His ears!
He cares for you–and His care is CONSTANT! It is not fitful or occasional–but ever the same.
Beause He cares for you–and His care is PATERNAL! It is the care of a father for his child–the child whom he tenderly loves, and for whose welfare he feels the deepest concern.
He cares for you, and His care is PERPETUAL! He will never care for you less than He does at present.
When old age weakens you,
poverty pinches you,
when death appears just before you–
He will care for you as much as He does at this moment.
He cares for you–and His care is BENEFICIAL! It prevents innumerable evils–and secures the greatest possible amount of good. The care of God is of more value than the care of all His creatures combined.
He cares for you–but His care is MYSTERIOUSLY EXERCISED! It benefits us certainly–but secretly. It conceals itself behind the blessings it brings, and the evils it prevents.
He cares for you–and His care is PARTICULAR. It is care which extends to the very hairs of your heads, which, are all numbered–and to all the events and occurrences of your life, however minute or commonplace!
Beloved, here is our comfort. The Lord ever lives; and while He lives, He . . .
ever loves us,
thoroughly knows us, and
never ceases to care for us!
Here is the ground of our confidence for the future. We know not where we shall be, nor what we shall be–for we know not what a day may bring forth. But this we know, that God will care for us, and, caring for us–He will fulfill His precious promises to us.
If God cares for us, then . . .
let us cast all our cares upon Him;
live in daily fellowship with Him;
and seek all our supplies from Him.
If God cares for us–let us trust in Him at all times, for . . .
His love is true,
care is constant, and
His knowledge is perfect.
We shall never be without a divine friend–however trying our circumstances may be. We shall never be without a divine guide–however perplexing or difficult our path may be. The care of God is more than the care of all the angelic hosts.
May the Lord help me to believe this precious truth, to realize it daily, and to pass through the present world under the impression, “I am the object of God’s tender, paternal, and ceaseless care!“
“Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous fall!” Psalm 55:22
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