Good Morning! - 1Pet. 5:6-7 - Humble Yourselves

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. (1Pe 5:6,7)

Humble yourselves therefore - Be willing to take a low place - a place such as becomes you. Do not arrogate to yourselves what does not belong to you; do not evince pride and haughtiness in your manner; do not exalt yourselves above others. See the notes at Luk_14:7-11. Compare Pro_15:33; Pro_18:12; Pro_22:4; Mic_6:8; Phi_2:8. (Barnes)

Casting all your care upon him - Compare Psa_55:22, from whence this passage was probably taken. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” Compare, for a similar sentiment, Mat_6:25-30. The meaning is, that we are to commit our whole cause to him. If we suffer heavy trials, lose our friends, health, or property; if we have heavy duties to perform; if we feel that we have no strength, and are in danger of being crushed by what is laid upon us, we may cast it all upon the Lord for grace and strength for all that is laid upon us. He will enable us to bear with ease what we supposed we could never have done; and the burden which he lays upon us will be light, Mat_11:30. Compare the notes at Phi_4:6-7.

For he careth for you - See Mat_10:29-31. He is not like the gods worshipped by many of the pagan, who were supposed to be so exalted, and so distant, that they did not interest themselves in human affairs; but He condescends to regard the needs of the smallest of his creatures. We are not forgotten by our heavenly Father. He who remembers the falling sparrow, and who hears the young ravens when they cry, will not be unmindful of us. “Yet the Lord thinketh on me,” was the consolation of David, when he felt that he was “poor and needy,” Psa_40:17. “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up,” Psa_27:10.

Compare Isa_49:15. What more can one wish than to be permitted to feel that the great and merciful Yahweh thinks on him? He who watched over you with a parent’s care in the bloom of youth, will not cast you off when you are “old and grey-headed,” Psa_71:18. If we are what we should be, we shall never be without a friend as long as there is a God. (Barnes-abbreviated)

Memory Verse This Week:

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels (Mar 8:38).

Write the verse on a 3x5 card and say the verse five times a day, reference before and after the verse. Write the verse several times a day on a card or paper carried in your pocket for that purpose. Say the verse to a friend or family member once a day. After this week, repeat the verse daily for several weeks until it pours out without effort. It takes about 60 days to thoroughly memorize a verse. It takes a lifetime to obey and practice a verse.

Dan Carr