God cares for us
By Elizabeth Prata
The ultimate care for us is that God sent His Son, Jesus, to live a sinless life, die on the cross shedding His blood as the sacrifice required, be buried, be resurrected and ascend to the place of honor next to the Father. This process opened the door for humans to repent of sin and go to heaven through Jesus as the door, be justified from our sin, declared righteous. The Father sees a repentant human as having Jesus’ righteousness.
Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand, 2 by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
3 For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as [e]to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. (1 Corinthians 15:1-8).
This is the Gospel.
God could have wiped out Adam and Eve when they sinned, but He did not, instead shepherding His lambs throughout the eons of history to culminate in the cross. What grace! What love! What care!
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (John 10:29).
This care is permanent. It is eternal. Who can’t take us from Jesus after we repent and are justified? Who is greater than Jesus to be able to do that? Is there a strong man who can do this? No! This care is not only available, but it is eternal.
Examples of God’s care throughout these eons:
He took care of all the earth’s animals of their kinds, and took care of Noah and his family before, during, and after the terrible deluge.
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. (Genesis 8:1).
Short devotional explaining that God remembering does not mean that God forgot then came to mind. God Remembered Noah
When the Hebrews were wandering in the wilderness, their sandals and clothes didn’t wear out! His care extends from the sustaining of the universe so we can live within it, to the eternality of our souls, down to the minute details of life!
And I have led you in the wilderness for forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. (Deuteronomy 29:5).
The fresh manna appeared every day except Sunday for 40 years. And meat, too.
At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God. (Exodus 16:12b)
He feeds the birds.
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? (Matthew 6:26).
Pau’s thorn was a care! God was guarding Paul from becoming conceited.
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9).
If your circumstances are dire, if you are anxious for the near future, just remember no matter the external conditions, your soul is safe, even your daily care down to the smallest detail is in the Father’s hand. Trust Him.
