Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on
the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. (NIV)
One summer morning, I was enjoying the warmth and sunshine of a new day.
Conscious of the insect activity around me, I was suddenly aware of a spider
coming close. I noticed it travelling through the air on the breeze, heading
into the gazebo where I was sitting! I hate spiders, but I watched in
fascination as it -- thankfully -- landed on a wall of the gazebo. Only then did
I see the mass of web threads on which it had been travelling. I was amazed,
because I thought spiders travelled on a single thread, but this web was about
four inches wide. As I watched, the spider suddenly released itself from the web
to which it had been attached, and the latter floated away on the breeze.
It suddenly occurred to me that as believers, we come to a point in our lives
where we need to let go of our stuff, and like that spider with the web, release
the burden and let God take over. In my thinking, I saw us as the spider, and in
the web, all the garbage we haul around day after day. All this can be so easily
released when we earnestly give it to God, letting it float away on the breeze,
in His care.
Today, I have been given the thought that my mission in life is just to seek God
and His way. I need to let Him have control of my thoughts, words, and actions,
and I need to let go of my attachment to worldly values and the need to seek
approval from people, and place everything in His care.
1 Peter 5:7 - Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV)
Prayer: Father, how often we lose sight of You and all that You promise. We
continually try to soldier on all by ourselves, while it would be far less
tiring to let You take control. Enable us to gain in trust and to be led to come
to You first -- in all things, every day. Amen.
Patricia Day pateday@sympatico.ca
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Thanks to http://daily.presbycan.ca
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