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Sunday, June 20,
2010
Care Less Driving
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)
Strong’s definition for ‘careful’:
3309
merimnao (mer-im-nah'-o); from 3308; to be anxious about: KJV-- (be,
have) care (-ful), take thought.
Thayer’s definition for ‘careful’:
3309
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
Ever make the statement, “I could care
less”? Well actually that is a good thing; as one continues in their walk
with the Lord they find out that they should care less. You know, in the
world people get in trouble for careless driving because they put
themselves in precarious situations and need to be pulled over. The Lord
would like you to pull over, say at a rest stop, because you are headed in
the wrong direction, then to make things worse you are hurrying to get
there. Hey better yet, how about getting a designated driver, you know
someone that has already driven this course and made it through
successfully, who is now like a GPS system ready to navigate a better
course?
Hebrews 4:4-6 For he spake in a certain
place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day
from all his works. (5) And in this place again, If they shall enter into
my rest. (6) Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: (KJV)
God did rest the seventh day because He
saw that everything that was needed for mankind was done and provided, the
way He saw fit. So just what exactly did you think you could change that
our Lord hadn’t done and provided for you before the foundation of the
world? Hey believe it or not, He actually did all this without your input
or help.
Hebrews 4:9-11 There remaineth therefore
a rest to the people of God. (10) For he that is entered into his rest, he
also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. (11) Let us
labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same
example of unbelief. (KJV)
The only labor left for you is to enter
into our Lord’s rest or realm, and then let go of all those unnecessary
cares and concerns of this fallen realm. The Lord looked down on the
seventh day and saw that all He created was very good. Yeah I know, you
look around and see all the chaos that is going around and wonder how could
it be so? Well, you see how few really trust more in the Lord and less in
themselves, many thinking salvation or peace can be attained by works. So
folks in conclusion today, how about some care less driving so that you can
quit driving yourself into a tizzy, and continue on the straight and narrow
path that our Lord chose for you before the foundation of this world. God
bless and keep caring less.
Romans 11:34-35 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (35) Or who hath first
given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (KJV)
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