03222019 God Will Take Care of You

Dear Missionary Lady,

Songs in the night. I know you've had them just like I have. This one by Civilla Martin came to me one night this week, and I wanted to share it with you.

Be not dismayed whate'er betide,
God will take care of you;
Beneath His wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.

God will take care of you,
Though every day, o'er all the way;
He will take care of you,
God will take care of you.

The second stanza assures of God's care in these settings: "through days of toil when heart doth fail," and "when dangers fierce your path assail."

The truth of God's care is precious, and thankfully, these are not merely nice-sounding, made-up words by a hymnwriter who just wanted people to feel better. God really does take care of His children.

God will take care of you because He has promised to do so. "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19). This isn't limited just to financial needs. God gives needed protection and necessary wisdom. God supplies needed buildings, co-laborers, and visas. God meets needs that are financial, physical, emotional, and every other kind of need. God is faithful.

God will take care of you because He knows your needs. "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things" (Matthew 6:31-32). God knows your needs before you ask Him. He even knows about needs that you don't know about yet. There is no danger that God will fail to meet a need because He is unaware of it. God is omniscient.

God will take care of you because He cares deeply about you. "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light" (I Peter 2:9). "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32). You are precious to God, and His heart overflows toward you; He desires to give you all that you need. God is loving.

God will take care of you because He knows how to do it. "O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" (Romans 11:33). God can figure out solutions to problems that baffle everyone else. There is no situation so difficult or impossible that He cannot devise a solution. God is wise.

God will take care of you because He has the ability to do so. "For with God nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). The Bible is filled with accounts of God's intervention in situations that seemed to have no possible resolution. God can defeat the greatest odds, slay the biggest giants, move the tallest mountains, and humble the largest armies. He can do anything He needs to do in order to work out His plans. God is omnipotent.

Yes, God will take care of you. Always. Trust Him and rest in Him.

No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon His breast,
God will take care of you.

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you" (I Peter 5:7).

Love in Christ,
Peggy Holt
member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA
www.pressingontohigherground.blogspot.com