Be Wise and Attend to the Obeying

The devotional for today in Morning by Morning by Charles Spurgeon made me marvel at God's infinite wisdom and sweet attentiveness to His children's needs daily! My unbelief is shown to me every time I am so shocked by how timely these entries can be for me on the exact day I need them and how well they answer my darkest struggles and trials.

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. -Proverbs 16:33

"If the disposal of the lot is the Lord's, whose is the arrangement of our whole lives? If the simple casting of a lot is guided by Him, how much more the events of our entire lives, especially when we are told by our blessed Savior, 'The very hairs of your head are all numbered' (Matt. 10:30). Not a sparrow falls to the ground apart from your Father's will (v. 29). It would bring a holy calm over your mind, dear friend, if you were always to remember this. It would relieve your mind from anxiety, so that you would be better able to walk in patience, quiet, and cheerfulness as a Christian should. When a man is anxious, he cannot serve his Master; his thoughts are serving himself. If you would 'seek... first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness' (Matt 6:33), all things would then be added unto you. You are meddling with Christ's business and neglecting your own when you fret about your lot and circumstances. You have been trying 'providing' work and forgetting that it is yours to obey. Be wise and attend to the obeying; let Christ manage the providing. Come and survey your Father's storehouse, and ask whether He will let you starve while He has laid up so great an abundance in His garner. Look at His heart of mercy. See if that can ever prove unkind! Look at His inscrutable wisdom. See if that will ever be at fault. Above all, look to Jesus Christ, your Intercessor, and ask yourself, while He pleads, can your Father deal ungraciously with you? If He remembers even sparrows, will He forget one of the least of His poor children? 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved' (Ps. 55:22)."

My soul, rest happy in thy low estate,

Nor hope nor wish to be esteem'd or great;

To take the impress of the Will Divine,

Be that thy glory, and those riches thine.