Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Taking care of your soul”
Our Bible verse for today: “…casting all your care on Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Our problems can draw us closer to God.”
It can be tempting to think that our problems and difficulties make it harder to do the things necessary to take proper care of our soul. A busy schedule, relationship problems, financial difficulties, failing health, can all become major distractions that keep us from spending time with God.
Or not.
Looked at from another perspective, those can be the very things that draw us to God. In fact, I believe that God sometimes allows difficulties into our lives precisely for the purpose of drawing us to Himself. Those things often cause us to recognize our need for Him and they end up being the very things that bring us to our knees. As Peter expressed in the passage above, God calls us to cast all of our cares upon Him. He wants us to do it.
Also, there’s absolutely no reason for us to wonder whether or not God is willing to help us, He is. Here’s how Paul explained it in Romans 8:31-32, “What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He did not even spare His own Son but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything?” (HCSB)
When it comes to making the time and doing the things necessary to take care of the soul, many times it turns out to be the problems and difficulties of life that become the catalyst which propels us into the arms of God. Make no mistake about it, God cares for you, He is willing and even eager to help you deal with the issues of life, and He even calls you to cast all your cares and worries upon Him. If the problems you are currently dealing with, and which you wish were not in your life, end up being the very thing that drives you into the arms of God, then you will end up with a stronger and healthier soul as a result.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 