Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your cares upon Him; for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
Peter starts out this letter calling the recipients "strangers."
What if we lived as strangers in this world? What if we thought more about things from above than what kind of TV to buy? Why do we spend more time figuring out how to be comfortable than we do about how to serve God?
We pride ourselves on junk that doesn't even matter. "Look what I have done." "Look at me." We will not say it out loud, but what about when it's dark and you are alone? How much do we let the things of this world define who we are?
The roaring lion of pride in our accomplishments and stuff is seeking to devour us.
Give it up. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble (v 5).
All we have, all we are, all we will be is Him. We have to keep this in the front of our minds.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your cares upon Him; for He cares for you.
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