Be Encouraged In Jesus Name! 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 [1 Pet. 5:5–6]. “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.” This has been reversed in our day—today the elder is supposed to submit to the younger. Young people are the ones who are protesting, and they are the ones who want to keep up some of the foolishness and crimes out there in the world, However, the Christian young person needs to realize that the Word of God says, “Ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.” After all, to your truly defined father not the man that is not their faithfully in your life, if you have a good or a godly father, that has a lot of sense and maybe more sense than you have please ask, listen and apply that knowledge into your life. A friend of mine told me, “I was ashamed of my father and mother at the time when he went away to college. Although his parents had made good money, and they were executives in their field of studies, this young man was ashamed of them to listen to advise that would have given him a jump start and short-cut through his life. He felt again that they had such old–fashioned ideas; he looked at them as they were a real out of date set of people. When he final started realizing that the wisdom they had still applied in his day and time, and he finished college and got out in the business world, I didn’t see him for a couple of years. When I did see him again, I was absolutely amazed to see how much he’d learned in just six years!” A lot of young people find out, after they themselves have been out in the school of hard knocks the real world for awhile, that their mothers and faters have learned a great deal no matter how old they may seem to be. “Yea, all of you be subject one to another.” In other words, believers should not insist on having their way over others. “And be clothed with humility.” Actually, we are to be armed with it; that is the picture that is given here. “For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.” Peter has talked a great deal about humility and about grace. A proud person will not be able to experience the grace of God. It is only when you and I come in humility that we will be able to grow the grace of God. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” In view of the coming of Christ, humility should be the attitude of the child of God. Christ is the one who will establish justice and make things right when He comes. You cannot straighten out this world, although you may think you can. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you [1 Pet. 5:7]. “He careth for you” literally means that it matters to Him concerning you. Peter is talking about anxiety. The Lord Jesus said, “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will rest you” (see Matt. 11:28). Bring your burden of sins to Him, and He will save you. Then come to Him later on, and He will meet you and help you with your problems. Cast your care upon Him. Paul told the Philippian believers, “Worry about nothing; pray about everything.” That is, take it to the Lord in prayer, and leave it there—don’t pick it up again. 1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV) 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. A Daily Word From God Through His Humble Minister: Pastor Odessie Malone Jr. Of The St. M. B. Church 707 E. Jefferson St.
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