June 2 / Springs in the Valley by L.B. Cowman

June 2

Unload on Him all your cares. (1 Peter 5:7, French)

Hurling all your care upon him. (Greek)

Who among us has not occasionally experienced anxiety? And yet the Bible clearly prohibits it, and as clearly provides an unfailing remedy: “Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is; for he shall be like a tree…which stretcheth forth its roots by the water course, so that it shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be verdant; which is not uneasy in the year of drought.” SPURRELL Not uneasy!

Not uneasy in the year of drought—in a time of spiritual darkness. Not uneasy about spiritual supplies; not uneasy concerning temporal supplies—food or raiment; not uneasy concerning our lip witness—how, or what to say. Then what is there left about which we may be anxious? Nothing. For the Lord went on to say, “Why take ye thought for the rest?” And Paul further says, “Be careful for nothing,” or, “In nothing be anxious.” And again, Peter says, “Do not begin to be anxious.”

Anxiety is therefore prohibited in the Bible. But how is it to be prevented? By hurling all your care or worry upon Him, because with Him there is care about you.

Blessed is the man who is not uneasy! APHRA WHITE

Cowman, L. B. E.. Springs in the Valley (p. 168). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.