"Take Care of My Business"

Sometimes GOD asks us to do things that make us scratch our heads in confusion. "Why, LORD, are You asking me to do that? I have this and this and this to think about, and You want me to do that?" We become worried and nervous and frazzled, but we don't need to. GOD is a wise GOD, a GOD of infinite understanding (Daniel 2:20, Psalm 147:5). He knows all that we need to do when He asks us to do something else. Obviously He has an answer for that as well. He never asks us to do something that will not be a blessing in our other situations or to other people involved.

Let's not be like Moses who kept objecting when the LORD gave him a command. The LORD kept giving solutions for each thing that Moses brought up, until finally He became angry with him and said this to the last one: "[Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well" (Exodus 4:14). He says, in effect, the same thing to us with our issues. No, we may not have speech issues or brothers who can speak well, but the LORD has the answer if only we will trust Him.  These obstacles we encounter should make us happy; they are opportunities for GOD to show forth His love and power in answering them. May we not then be full of complaining and distress, but wait  and see what GOD will do for us when we present the issue to Him.

He says to us, "And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me" (Psalm 50:15). GOD has many marvelous ways of answering prayers, ways we can't even imagine. In Jeremiah 33:3 He says, "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." The apostle Paul says that GOD "shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" ( Philippians 4:19). This is why he writes, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD" in verse 6. With such promises, why fear?

Queen Elizabeth I once asked someone to do her bidding. When he asked what he would do for his business and family if he complied, she gave this reply: "You take care of my business, and I will take care of yours."

That is what GOD is saying to us today. "You take care of My business, and I will take care of yours."

Sincerely,
Jean