Caring

Caring


“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:9‐12 NASB).”


"So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full (Matthew 6:2 NASB)."

"Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you (Dueteronomy 16:10 NASB)."

"This expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain (Hebrews 12:27 NASB)."

Definition (Verb): have thought or regard; to be concerned; to make provision or look out for; to have an inclination, liking, fondness, or affection; to feel concern about; to wish, desire, like (Dictionary.com).

When we care for others we are stirred to help them and show them we care. Help without caring is selfishly motivated: duty without caring for others can make us help others while only caring about being faithful to our duty - think of the customer service rep who continues to talk to a colleague while cashiering, never looking at or talking to a customer (duty without caring for others). We must love as Christ loved to remain sacrificial in our caring and not risk misinterpreting self centered duty as neighborly love. The only way to aim well is to care for others in the nature of God. An aim for reward and recognition are typical tells of a self centered motivation, though God delivers many if/then promises in the Bible for us to pursue His heart and His kingdom purposes in the earth: if we give He will bless or when He blesses we are to give for instance. Also, if we give frequently or spontaneously to family, friends or to an unknown person in need especially, it may be difficult to hide our faces from gaining visible recognition. The main intent of our giving should be to give because the Lord has given to us. Adam and Eve were gardeners and stewards with an authority given by God to rule, change and tend the Earth. At the fall man chose to do things alone - without God. This fallen way is still available to man: doing things on our own for ourselves; but so is the way of redemption through Christ: doing things with God - that which we were originally intended for. Everything but allowing the caring nature of God to live through us will eventually be shaken in this life or burned up in transition to the next, so we have every reason to remain in Christ in that which we steward, tend, create and do and we have no reason to cling to the fallen old nature that will remain.

Prayers: We pray our child will have a touchable and responsive heart to Your Spirit's leading: always carrying Your nature and allowing it to be fully expressed outwardly. If cares of the world and any selfish nature rise up to compete with Your glory and goodness we pray our child would war with them by standing firm and by casting off the old nature that tries to remain and casting up to You all cares of this world that try to enter in. We desire You to be the main response and reflection of our child. We desire to be models of this and so access Your grace to live redeemed as You originally intended us to with fullness in Christ. We pave the way in Jesus' name with this intercession to see our child enter Your desired place of wholeness in Christ. MAY IT BE SO! For the victory is and always will be Yours.