Commands “Give…Stay…Watch…Stand”!

Isaiah 46; Isaiah 47; Isaiah 48; Isaiah 49; 1 Peter 5
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Scripture

1 Peter 5

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters, all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are.

Observation

Tommy Cox and I do a Bible study on Wednesdays called a chapter analysis and part of the study each week calls for finding the commands in the chapter. This chapter is full of commands. I really like the one in verse 7 where Peter tells us to give all our worries and cares to God. And he says that we should do that because God cares about us. He put the word “ALL” in that verse for a reason. God doesn’t want us to worry about anything, but rather He wants us to pray about everything! Have you ever noticed that you tend to worry about the same old things? Maybe the things we worry about give the devil a foothold in our lives and the reason I say that is because the very next verse tells us to watch out for the Devil and tells us that we need to stay alert. Then we are reminded to stand firm against him and for us to be strong in our faith. We can’t do that if we are worrying!

Application

When I catch myself worrying today I will take that worry to the Lord in prayer.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me not to worry about anything. Help me to pray about everything. Help me to be alert and to watch out for the devil. Help me to stand firm and to be strong in my faith today. I pray for my Christian brothers around the world and especially in China that are suffering today. Help them to stand firm today. In Jesus Name Amen.

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