Be cause we all find ourselves confronted with the same market, we all are having the same questions. These questions boil down to one basic question: What am I going to do?
I have the answer to that question that is working very well for me as I look around, wondering. The answer presented itself in a song from a long time ago. If it will assist you while you are wondering, then smile and hold yoiu head up high, the better to see where your strength is coming from.
In the early 1900‘s, Davis Bible college in Lestershire (now Johnson City), New York, asked Walter Martin to help them compile a book of hymns for use at the college. He moved there with his wife, Civilla, and their children, to begin the assignment.
One Sunday, Walter was to preach in a town some distance from the school. Since Civilla was sick and unable to attend, he wanted to cancel his trip. While it was being discussed, their 9-year old son said, "Father, don't you think that if God wants you to preach today, He will take care of Mother while you are away?"
Martin kept his appointment, and when he returned that evening, he found his wife greatly improved. While her husband was gone, Civilla thought about the struggles of life, and wrote the words to the poem, "God Will Take Care Of You" . . . based on her son's comment of faith earlier that day. Within an hour after returning home, Mr. Martin had written the music for the poem. That very evening a couple of teachers at the school came by, and they all sang the song together. Later in the week it was sung at one of the college assemblies, and later included in the new "Songs of Redemption" hymnbook compiled by Walter Martin and John A. Davis in 1905.
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
Be not dismayed whate'er betide, God will take care of you;
Beneath His wings of love abide, God will take care of you.
Through days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you.
All you may need He will provide, God will take care of you;
Nothing you ask will be denied, God will take care of you.
No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon His breast, God will take care of you.
CHORUS
God will take care of you, Through every day, o'er all the way;
He will take care of you, God will take care of you.
Genesis 22:1 says that God tested Abraham. David said, "I know also, my God, that You test the heart" (1 Chronicles 29:17). Psalm 11:5 says, "The Lord tests the righteous."
If you're facing trials & troubles now, think of them as a test. God is testing your faith to see if you'll trust Him and obey Him in the tough times. In James 1:3, we read: "The testing of your faith produces patience. And we know that as we trust and obey Him, He will take care of us.
Have you learned yet that our trials & troubles are often tests?
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