1 Peter 5:6–7 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Our God has infinite power, infinite resources and loves all His children with everlasting love. He is not only inclined but desirous to give good gifts to us. He has given us Christ, the most precious of gifts! How could He withhold a lesser gift (Romans 8:32)?
Why did we begin this meditation with these words? Because there is no deficiency with Him, either of grace or of willingness to bestow it on us. His ear is not deaf that He cannot hear us and His arm is not short that He cannot save (Isaiah 59:1). He neither slumbers nor sleeps, so He is able to protect His children perfectly (Psalm 121:4). There is nothing too hard for Him - nothing impossible (Genesis 18:4, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 1:37). Isn't this a good reason to pray? And yet, how often do we behave as though these things were not true? How often do we look to human resources and human wisdom to resolve our problems? How often is our trust in man and not in God to help us and those for whom we are concerned? It is not safe to trust our hearts to answer this question - we must rather inspect our lives and see how ready and quick and earnest we are to pray in times of need.
One thing is certain - that all of us can do better than we currently do in this. So in the coming week, once we have praised our God and confessed our sins, once we have thanked Him for all His goodness, let us learn afresh to cast all our concerns upon Him, and all the concerns of our brothers and sisters, since He loves us so much (1 Peter 5:7) and is well able to meet all our needs according to the riches of His grace in the Lord, Jesus Christ! (Philippians 4:19)