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Saturday... Such good advice. It really is.


Saturday... Such good advice. It really is.

Peter in the last chapter of his first letter says in verse 5b (MSG), "But all of you, leaders and followers alike, are to be down to earth with each other." And verse 6 tells us why, "for - God has had it with the proud, but takes delight in just plain people." 

Have you ever been around someone, even worked for someone who is a know it all, who feels they are above you and everyone else? You probably won't go the extra mile for them. So it is very good advice to not be one of those people. Well, God has had it with people like that. The NLT says, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

And Peter goes on in verses 6 & 7 and they are such important verses. Verse 7 has been one of my life verses. There was a time when I was in my second year of college that I said it over and over to keep me going. Peter writes, "So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor." By the way, who can lift you higher, God or yourself? Just a thought. 

He goes on in verse 7. If you humble yourself this is what you can do. You can "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." The NIV says, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." In my Sophomore year of college I it seems was saying that over and over, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." Maybe you need to say that over and over during what you are going through right now. He cares for me, he cares for me. So "Give all your worries and cares to God for he cares about you." He really does.

Again, "So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." Such good advice. It really is and it will make all the difference in your today and all of your life. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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