“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1Peter 5:5-7 KJV)
My grandson, Grant occasionally wants to sit in a toy chair or ride on a toy skateboard. He always ends up on the floor with a question on his face as to what happened. Why didn’t the toy do what it was supposed to do? At three years old, he is learning that toys are too small for him to actually use.
Do you remember your children and grandchildren doing such antics? We adults smile at them because we find their misperceptions to be amusing. As they grow and mature, their understanding broadens and they discover that their perspective is narrow.
And as adults, we discover that we still experience a lack of perspective from time to time. When others prick our pride, our reaction indicates how out of proportion our perspective might be. A bad-humor, a few unfortunate words or a little insult can disappoint us as much as that toy skateboard does to a child.
We of course can evaluate the situation along with the issue and grasp quite easily that the issue isn’t lack of understanding, but our ego and humility. Certainly all of us should “be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.”
Grant is already discovering that toy skateboards are designed for toys and not little boys. Lets hope that as we grow, we “May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19 KJV).
And eventually we will learn to cast all our care on him, trusting that he truly cares for us.
Dear Father, thank you for giving us grace and exalting us in your time. Empower us to truly abandon our own cares and trust that you will care for us. This I pray in the name of Jesus. AMEN
Be strong and of good courage today as you trust God’s grace,