[Y]our Father knows what you need before you ask Him. — Jesus (Matthew 6:8b)
Philip Yancey has some insight about why God wants us to pray when he already knows it all.
“We do not pray to tell God what he does not know, nor to remind him of things he has forgotten. He already cares for the things we pray about…. He has simply been waiting for us to care about them with him” – Philip Yancey, Prayer pg. 60
— fritz@langgang.com
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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them – Psalm 5:11a
It it difficult to express in one language what another language is trying to convey — so it is with the little word, trust.
We think of trust as a feeling of confidence, but the Hebrews thought of it a slightly different way. This word literally means to flee for protection.
This is not presuming God will somehow step in if we need him to as we live our lives but us taking the initiative to figuratively run to Him for the right way to proceed, stepping cautiously as he directs.
Better to get his guidance and protection on the front end then asking him to clean up the mess and damage later.
— fritz@langgang.com
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Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. — Matthew 13:52
One thing about living in one place a long time — stuff accumulates! I have some precious things kept for years but I am always adding something new to the mix. Jesus relates this to the Kingdom of God.
God never stopped creating. He still moves in new ways — new songs, new ideas, new people — yet he cherishes the old, too.
I have heard new people say, “Burn the old hymnals, we have something better!” No. The new is not all good and the old is not all bad. A wise householder keeps the best of both.
This is, I think, the essence of Paul’s admonition to the Corinthian believers when he wrote:
“Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your’s; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s. — 1st Corinthians 3:22-23
–fritz@langgang.com
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