Not A Care In The World

"God's heart is for us to see the fulfillment of our families ..."

WHAT PREVENTS your growth? Half of not growing involves thinking we are already grown. In the parable of the Sower, we see that there are obstacles to growth. Full growth or maturity is being full of revelation. It is seeing God and knowing Him intimately and walking assured in your love for Him. That’s what He wants.

I heard a minister say he never asks for his daily needs because he knows God provides them without worry. We’ve been taught unless we present everything we need to God in specific detail, then we won’t have it when we need it. This is a misuse of the truth of confession. Nor should our confession become repetitive and by rote. Jesus warns against this. Our prayers are not answered because of “much speaking (Matthew 6:7).”

Confession is a firm stating of the heart. It is saying what we believe that we desire to have. And much of it, on a day-to-day basis, is what we spit out that we really would rather not have. “I’ll be feeble just like my mother.” “I’ll never get ahead of these bills.” “My house is falling down around me.” Or even things like, “I’m angry because I’m a redhead.” And sometimes what we don’t say to prevent what we don’t want is what we receive. We are to trust God completely with our day-to-day and our future, but He wants us to know His Word and not be mindless. A mindless Christian, who goes to church and comes home, without reading the Word and applying it, will suffer of things they could prevent.

“You, Eternal One, are my sustenance and my life-giving cup. In that cup, You hold my future and my eternal riches.” (Psalm 16:5 VOICE)

By way of example, there are two verses which I heard quoted by a wonderful man of God, which in the context he used them, give new light to confession. He quoted Proverbs 10:7, which says, “The memory of the just is blessed.” Now that is often translated as how people think of us, but he used it as his memory, his ability to remember and think clearly. How marvelous this is! My memory is blessed. I will not be forgetful.

We have accepted memory loss as part of aging, part of sickness, but no, God sent us the Holy Spirit to remind us of all things (John 14:26). What if we made this our firm confession? There’d be no more fear of memory loss from any source. AND let’s apply it to our children. We’ve labeled them far too much and accepted what is spoken over them. I refuse to do that. God heals the memory of the just regardless of age, young or old.

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:26)

The other example I have for you is actually a prophecy spoke about the Messiah. Referring to the righteous man, in the previous verse, Psalm 34:20 says, “He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.” The prophetic promise of this verse was that Jesus’ legs were not broken on the cross at Calvary. But in Verse 19, it says, The Lord delivers the righteous man out of all afflictions. This means we need NEVER fear falling and breaking bones. It is not a part of aging to become wobbly and unable to move around properly.

We are told of Moses, that when he died, age 120, “his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated (Deuteronomy 34:7).” He could see clearly and was in full health. It was just time for him to go home.

I learned something powerful about the Jewish family from Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, how much children and the future generations matter. Both to carry the truth of Israel and the Jewish people forward into the future, but also in what each elderly generation reaps as a reward. God’s heart is for us to see the fulfillment of our families, to be surrounded by them in joy and gladness to the last hour of life. We’ve lost sight of this in our confession, accepting the work of darkness that will persist on this earth until God removes it forever. But even knowing that, we are to live fruitful, abundant, joyful lives without a care in the world.

That is Jesus’ victory. That we don’t worry about anything, as I said earlier, and have God’s truth on our tongue, His Spirit all around us. Here is the treasure of Psalm 139, which tells us He compasses us on every side, and even if we try to run as far as possible, He will be there, to the very depths of hell. The Moffatt translation of Psalm 139:17-18 says, God’s thoughts to us being so infinite, so vast, we can never fully find them out but become lost in them.

“I wake from my reverie, and I am still lost in thee.”

What comfort that we cannot escape Him, but He is with us always, every single day to the very end of the world. In health, soundness, and mental clarity. In strength of character, of motion, and of choice.

“My home is surrounded in beauty; You have gifted me with abundance and a rich legacy.” (Psalm 16:6 VOICE)

“Old people are distinguished by grandchildren; children take pride in their parents.” (Proverbs 17:6 MSG)

“After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.” (Job 42:16-17)

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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