1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
TOPIC: GIVE IT TO HIM
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GOING TO NEVER END
A DAY WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WAS AT WITS END AND YOU DID`NT KNOW IF YOU WAS COMING OR GOING
AND YOU ALMOST CONVINCE YOURSELF TO TELL GOD THAT IT I QUIT
YOU CRIED -YOU TRIED AND INSTEAD WALKING IN YOUR BLESSING
YOU FOUND YOURSELF WALKING AROUND STRESSING OUT BEHIND THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL
AND JUST IN CASE THERES SOMEONE HERE
WHO IS DEALING WITH A SITUATION THAT IS BIGGER THAN YOU
I STOP BY BETHESDA THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN
TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE IT TO HIM
BECAUSE AS WE EXAMINE THIS 1ST LETTER WRITTEN BY PETER
TO THE CHRISTIANS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AISA MINOR
IN THE 1ST CHAPTER PETER REMINDS US THAT WE ARE BEING KEPT BY GOD
IN OTHER WORDS WHEN THE LORD WOKE US UP THIS MORNING
AND WE DID`NT GET UP ON YOUR OWN
BUT WE GOT UP BECAUSE WE ARE BEING KEPT BY GOD
IN CHAPTER 2 HE REMINDS US THAT WE ARE LIVELY STONES
SO WE OUGHT TO GIVE GOD THE BEST OF OUR SERVICE
IN CHAPTER 3 HE REMINDS US THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OUGHT TO BE A REFLECTION OF HOW WE TREAT OTHERS
IN CHAPTER 4 HE TELLS US TO REJOICE IN THE MIDIST OF OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
BY HITTING THE REDO BUTTON
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
BACK IN THE DAYS WE USE TO HAVE 8 TRACKS
AND IF A LYRIC IN A SONG YOU LIKED WAS PLAYING
YOU WOULD HIT THE BUTTON AND THE WHOLE SONG WOULD PLAY AGAIN
BUT THEN THEY CAME OUT WITH CASSETT TAPE
AND WITH THE CASSETT TAPE IF A LYRIC IN A SONG WAS PLAYING THAT YOU LIKE
YOU COULD MASH THE REWIND BUTTON AND HEAR THE LYRIC AGAIN WITHOUT PLAYING THE WHOLE SONG
AND ALL PETER IS TELLING US IS
THAT WHEN TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS SHOWS UP UNANNOUNCE
THAT HAVE TO HIT THE REDO BUTTONS IN OUR FAITH FILE
AND REMEMBER HOW GOD MADE AWAY THEN
AND HE STILL ABLE TO MAKE AWAY RIGHT NOW
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO CHAPTER 5
HE REMINDS US IN
V. 5-6 TO SURRENDER OUR WILL TO GOD
IN VER. 7 TO GIVE OUR WORRIES TO GOD
AND IN VERSES 8-9 HOW TO STRENGTHEN OUR WALK WITH GOD
BUT AS WE EXAMINE THE VERSE THAT IS BEFORE US
HE TELLS US TO
CAST ALL OF OUR CARES UPON HIM FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU
(DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK AT )YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM
CAST ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU
( NOW DO ME ONE MORE FAVOR )
LOKK AT THAT PERSON BEHIND YOU THATS LOOKING SNUGGIE & BOUGEE AND TELL THEM
HE SAID ALL NOT SOME
BECAUSE WHAT SINCE DOES IT MAKE TO BE CARRYING UNWANTED LUGGAGE AROUND LIKE PEOPLE -PLACES AND THINGS THAT WE CAN`T CONTROL
STUFF WE KNOW WE CAN`T FIX
BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD WE TRIED AND WE CRIED AND IT STILL HAVE`NT CHANGED
AND WE KNOW THAT IT`S BIGGER THAN US
BUT IT`S JUST RIGHT FOR GOD
(SO GIVE IT TO HIM)
BUT IN THIS VERSE BEFORE US
PETER GIVES US SOME SPIRITUAL NUGGETS
WHAT WE MUST DO TO BE BLESS AND NOT STRESS
WELL THE 1ST THING THE TEXT REVEALS TO US
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT ARE PERSONAL
BECAUSE WHAT SINCE DOES IT MAKE TO SERVE A GOD WHO IS A HEAVY LOAD CARRIER
BUT WE WON`T GIVE HIM OUR HEAVY LOAD
*WHAT SINCE DOES IT MAKE TO SERVE A GOD WHO IS A BURDEN BARRIER
BUT WE WON`T GIVE HIM OUR BURDENS
*WHAT SINCE DOES IT MAKE FOR YOU TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT WORRYING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT BEYOND YOUR CONTROL
WHEN HE WHO KEEPETH ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBER OR SLEEP
(LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND) TELL THEM - WHAT SINCE DOES IT MAKE
FOR YOU TO COME TO THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE THIS MORNING
WITH YOUR SUNDAY GO TO MEETING CLOTHES ON
AND YOU COME IN BURDEN DOWN AND LEAVE OUT BURDEN DOWN
(LOOK AT YOU NEIGHBOR AND) ASK THEM
WHAT SINCE DOES IT THAT MAKE
NOTICE WHAT PETER SAYS
CAST ALL OF OUR CARES
IN OTHER WORDS
OUR PROBLEMS -TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND WORRIES
BECAUSE THE WORD CAST MEANS TO THROW DOWN - TO GET RID OF
AND CAN I PUT A PRAISE TOKEN IN THE PRAISE METER AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
FOR THOSE OF US WHO WAS BORN IN THE 50`S -60`S -70`S AND 80`S
KNOW ABOUT IRON SKILLETTS
AND WHEN GRANNY OR MAMA COOK WITH IT THEY WOULD TURN THE HANDLE TOWARD THE STOVE
BECAUSE IF YOU TOUCH OR TRIED TO PICK THAT HANDLE UP WHILE IT WAS HOT WITHOUT A KITCHEN MITT OR TOWEL
IT WOULD LET YOU KNOW QUICKLY IF YOU COULD SPEAK IN TONGUES
AND THAT`S WHATS PETER IS TELLING US IN THE TEXT
WHEN THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE OR TO HOT FOR US
WE HAVE TO LET IT GO AND GIVE IT TO GOD
BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE TELLS US TO CAST
BUT HE TELLS US WHAT TO CAST
HE SAYS - ALL
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORD ALL
IN HEBREW -GREEK -LATIN AND ENGLISH
ALL MEANS-- ALL
WHICH SUGGEST TO US THAT GOD DOSEN`T WANT SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS-- TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
BUT HE WANTS ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS -TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
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WELL NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A PERSONAL DECISION
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GIVE HIM YOUR PROBLEMS -TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO HIM IS
IN Genesis –HIM IS OUR Creator & promised Redeemer
IN Exodus –HIM IS the Passover Lamb
IN Leviticus – HIM IS OUR High Priest
IN Numbers –HIM IS OUR water in the desert
IN Deuteronomy – Him becomes the curse for us
IN Joshua –Him is the Commander of the army of the Lord
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
HIM IS ABELS VINDICATOR
HIM IS NOAH`S ARK
HIM IS ABRAHAM FRIEND
HIM IS ISAAC SUBTITUTE AND JACOB`S SHILOH
HIM IS MOSES BUSH ON FIRE AND MIRIAM SONG
EZEKIEL WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHEEL
ISIAH LAMB HIGH AND LIFTED UP
DANIELS STONE HEWD OUT OF A STONE
JOB HORSE PAWING IN THE VALLEY
HIM -AWAY OUT OF NO WAY
HIM -A LIGHT IN A DARK
SITUATION
HIM -A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
MATTHEW KING
MARKS -SUFFERING SERVANT
LUKES -GREAT PHYSICIAN
JOHNS -WORD MADE FLESH
ACTS -COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST
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BUT I HEARD PETER SAY
HE CARETH FOR YOU
A WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW GOD
UNWRAP DIVINITY
AND PUT ON HUMANITY
PUT HIS SON ON HEAVEN ELEVATOR
SENT HIM DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS
AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS A VIRGIN NAME MARY
BORM IN BETHLEHEM
REARED IN NAZERETH
BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN
TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LEAD UP THE VIA DELAROSA
NAIL TO AND OLD RUGGED CROSS
DIED ON THAT CROSS FOR YOUR SINS AND MINE
PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT I`M GLAD THAT NOT HOW THE STORY END
BECAUSE EARLY -- E--A--R--L--Y
SUNDAY HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IN HIS HANDS
AND I DON`T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I`M GLAD HE CARES
