Matthew 6
How many souls are in constant anxiety and unsettledness as to their whole path on earth, because they do not believe that they have a Father in heaven who cares for them and for every little detail in their daily walk. O if they only believed in the love of God- the real LOVE of God to them-a love which spared not His beloved Son when the sacrifice was needful for their good; if they only believed that they, in all the special circumstances of their lot on earth, were the objects of His love in heaven, what a load of anxiety and care it would remove; and what brightness it would give to their faces and to their path too. For then they would expect the guidance of a Father and their eyes would be up to Him, who most certainly never would disappoint their trust. (See 2 Chron. 16:99For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (2 Chronicles 16:9); Psa. 33:1818Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; (Psalm 33:18).) And what would be far better than the guidance even, they would have the peace of His presence and the consciousness of His love every step of their way. This is the portion of every Christian. For we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. O what a Father we have in heaven! He is such an one as to concern Himself with my little mind, and little ways, and little trials and exercises, and that too to be my helper in them all and my refuge. He is such an one as to associate His glory with all these things, so that whether I eat or drink I may do it to His glory (see, also, 1 Peter 4:1111If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 4:11)) in the name of the Lord Jesus and in the grace which He supplies. Ah! He has concerned Himself with my SINS, and these He put away by judgment of the cross. Me He has brought nigh by the same cross, or rather by the Blessed One who bore it for me, and who now lives to care for me and bless me, and even to make intercession for me as often as my failings or necessities require it. He can put in a good word for me when I can only hide my face. What a fellowship of love and interest this reveals between the Father and the Son of which we, in all the littleness of our interests, are the objects; for, O wondrous grace, these are all bound up with the ends and interests of heaven. But, in truth, when a soul has the glory of God before it as the great thing in its ways; and when the object of the heart is, that Christ may be magnified in it, whether by life or by death, it is able to reckon on God for all the means for the accomplishment of these blessed ends. It then knows that He cannot deny Himself.
I would refer any tried one about the earthly path to the sixth of Matthew, where the Lord Jesus, in the most tender and loving way, and by the most assuring declarations, seeks to put thorough confidence in God into the hearts of His disciples as to the morrow, and all that would bring care, whilst they were doing His will moment by moment. " Go, work to-day in my vineyard;" to-morrow is not mine. And verse 33 assures us that our interests and needs are God's concern and care, and will most certainly be attended to by Him whilst we are doing His present will. Our heavenly Father feeds the fowls of the air, who neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns. He thinks of them and cares for their necessities: not a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father.