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Tuesday, June 30,
2009
I Don’t Care
Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. (7) And the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
(KJV)
Thayer’s New Testament definition
for ‘careful’:
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merimnao-
1) to be anxious, to be troubled with
cares
2) to care for, to look out for (a thing)
a) to seek to
promote one's interests
b) caring or
providing for
Williams New Testament translation
Philippians 4:6-7
6. Stop being worried about anything, but
always, in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving, keep on making your
wants known to God. 7. Then, through your union with Christ Jesus, the
peace of God, that surpasses all human thought, will keep guard over your
hearts and thoughts.
Have you ever meet or have known someone
that just didn’t seem to care about things, especially trivial matters? How
about when people like that are portrayed either in the movies or on TV,
people that live their lives without cares or being anxious, very admirable
qualities are they not? Think about this fact as a Christian, just exactly
what is it that you could change anyway by your caring or getting all
wrapped up in things, and let’s face it, mostly things that pertain to the
carnal more than the Spiritual? When you committed your life to the Lord
you then committed your life to the way that He would have you to live now,
no longer based on what you think or even feel anymore. So again, ask
yourself honestly, ‘why are you caring for things that you can’t change anyway?’,
at least not for the better I should say.
Matthew 6:27-29 Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto his stature? (28) And why take ye thought
for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin: (29) And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (KJV)
Oh, that thing you got so wrapped up
about and concerned with, even to the point of worrying about it, just
exactly what did you think that you could do to change the outcome? As a
Christian believer, a child of God, once you pray about a situation it is
now expected of you to continue on in your walk with the Lord and leave the
answer to Him. But how many times have you tried to manufacture your own
answer, in your own timeline based more on your carnal thoughts and
desires, and not what our Lord truly desired for you? If the answer didn’t
come the way you thought it should, or in a timeline that you were
expecting, then one of two things happened; either it was never the Lord’s
desire for you in the first place, or you need to stay patient and let
patience have its perfect and complete work so that you are not lacking.
Isaiah 46:9-13 Remember the former things
of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none
like me, (10) Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure: (11) Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man
that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will
also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (12) Hearken
unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: (13) I bring
near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not
tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. (KJV)
Let’s look at our prayer life from a
different perspective today. When you go to the Lord in prayer are you
really seeking the things that are beneficial to your walk in the Spirit,
or are you looking more to your own desires? If your prayer is in line with
what the Lord desires for you then it is a done deal. However, if it is not
something the Lord intended for your life, something that He knows is not
of benefit to you, something that He did not ordain for you, then it is not
happening and not something that you should keep pursuing either. Again the
reminder, which of you taking thought can add one cubit to your stature?
Psalms 55:22 Cast they burden upon the
LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be
moved. (KJV)
What if you really cast your burdens and
cares upon the Lord and then actually left them in His hands, what would
your life really be like? Your assignment for today is to remind yourself
of who is doing the caring for you and who it is that you prayed to. Now if
you think that you can do a better job than He can, fine, it’s all yours.
However, if you know that our Lord is able to do above and beyond all that
you could have ever thought of or asked for, then be one of the few who can
truly say “I don’t care”.
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