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Never Absent from the Mind of God, January 22
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:7
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To enlarge our views of God’s goodness, Christ calls upon us to behold
the works of His hands. “Behold the fowls of the air,” He says, “they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”
Matthew 6:26
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Though men and women have sinned grievously, they are not forsaken.
The hand that upholds the world, upholds and strengthens His weakest
child. The great Master Artist, whose skill is infinitely beyond the skill
of any human being, who gives to the lily of the field its delicate and
beautiful tints, cares for the little sparrow. Not one falls to the ground
without His notice....
If the flower is given a beauty that outvies the glory of Solomon, what
can be the measurement of the estimate God places on His purchased
heritage? Christ points us to the care bestowed on the things that wither in
a day, to show us how much love God must have for the beings created in
His own image.... He opens before us the volume of providence, and bids
us behold the names written therein. In this volume every human being
has a page, on which is written the events of his life history. And from
the mind of God these names are never absent for a moment. Wonderful
indeed is God’s love and care for the beings He has created....
That He might save the souls of perishing human beings, He made
a gift of such magnitude that it can never be said that God could have
made His gift, His donation to the human family, greater. His gift defies
computation. All this God did that man might become impregnated with
the divine love and benevolence. Thus He would assure sinners that sins
of the greatest magnitude can be forgiven if the transgressor seeks for
pardon, surrendering himself, body, soul, and spirit, to be transformed by
the grace of God and changed into His likeness.
In behalf of man God has poured out the whole treasury of heaven,
and in return He expects and claims our entire affections.
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