Meditations of a Father: (e)

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“Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares about you” (1 Peter 5:7 JND).
Cast your cares on Jesus for He cares so much for you. Things that now concern your heart, of course, concern Him, too. When we have a worry we can choose to let it grow, or we can place it in His hands and simply let it go.
“And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever” (John 14:16). “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1).
The word for “comforter” and the word for “advocate,” although translated differently in the English, are the exact same word in the Greek. The first refers to the Holy Spirit and His present work in us; the second refers to the Lord Jesus and His present work at God’s right hand. We have One who lives within who maintains our interests down here and One with the Father in the glory who perfectly maintains our interests up there. What blessedness! May the Lord give us to prove in fuller measure in practice in our lives that God is for us.
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:7).
When we lay all at His feet in prayer, this is the result. We don’t keep the peace of God—it keeps us. There are so many troubled hearts and minds in today’s world. Just to bow in spirit there in heaven before the mercy-seat and leave it all there—how wonderful this prescription for the heart and mind.
To stand upon the mount with God,
With sunlight in the soul—
To hear the storms in vales below;
To hear the thunders roll—
To be calm with God, thy God,
Beneath the glorious skies;
For to the height on which you stand
No storm or clouds can rise.
Oh! this is life and this is joy,
O God to find Thee so;
Thy face to see, Thy voice to hear,
And all its love to know.
R. Thonney