1 Peter 5:6-7
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Ben's Comments:
- The verse says that God will exalt us. (take us through our hard time) but it comes with a command... we are to humble ourselves under God's mighty hand.
- I love the way that this verse says to humble ourselves under God's MIGHTY Hand. We can trust God to lift us up.
- It says that we can put all our anxiety (worry, troubles) on God because we are his personal concern - or he cares for us personally.
- When I was in college I had a close friend that committed suicide. This verse was one of the ones that carried me through. When I heard what happened I didn't know what to do... I didn't know what I could do.. This verse told me that all I had to do was "humble myself under God's mighty hand", that he "cares for me personally", and he wants me to "cast all my anxiety on him."
Question:
1. What would it look like in your life for you to "humble yourself under God's mighty hand?" How would you practically do that?
2. Why do we always try to handle our troubles or anxiety on our own?
I would love to hear your thoughts!
Sarah and Cayla Great comments!
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1 i think we can humble under gods mighty hands by facing our fears and challenges and teach other people about him...
ReplyDelete2 i believe we try to handle our troubles on our own because sometimes we do something wrong we want to hide and don't tell anyone about it or going through rough times like your friend moves and your really sad. cant wait for access! Nate "Chuck Norris" Papp
Nate these are some good insights! Glad to see you here doing the DDI! I loved your answer for question 2. That is right! Sin hurts our relationship with God. We know that we should be turning to God for our strength but if we do that we need to stop doing that sin... We don't always want to do that.. Great insights...
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