Thoughts for another day

April 19, 2010

Today's verse: 1 Pet. 5:7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Recently I wrote a message to my friends on a Christian Networking site. It mentioned that some of them would be in some kind of difficulty, etc. and that I’d prayed for them. Immediately, many replied thanking me for my prayer and some even mentioned confidential things asking me to pray for them. What surprised me is, were I were to look at their profiles, I’d not even suspect them to be people in difficulty. But they were.

Such is the situation in the world today. That neighbor who greets you warmly may be just hiding that niggling problem, trying to cope with it by self. Then your office colleague may be under great stress, yet smiles each time she sees you, and you think to yourself how cool she is and always under control! I have realised that people, whether rich or poor, whether Christian or non Christian, whether black or white, man or woman; everyone has some difficulty they need to cope with. And it needn’t be as simple as getting their child admitted to an engineering college, etc. It could be possible they’re battling cancer and each day, slipping up a little bit.

For such people, today’s scripture comes with all its freshness and power: Cast your burden unto Him, Jesus Christ our Lord, why? Because He cares for you! No one in this world cares for you like Jesus Christ. A human being who cares for another usually does because of some vested interest. I may care for someone thinking, that person will take care of me later. I may help somebody in need because I’m expecting something in return and this is my chance to get it. I was once working for a company and reporting directly to the man who formed it and you know if we were in a meeting and he just asked for a pen, those around would whip their pens out and give to him. If he had a small problem, there’d be scores of people who’d want to help. One day in a pensive mood he told me, ‘See how all these fellows want to help me…do you think they would help if I did not have great wealth?’ That told me much about human help. But as for the help of God, He helps without so much as expecting anything except our companionship. His care for us is genuine and He feels our pain. Thrusting oneself on Him is the best thing one can do when in trouble.