Friday, September 18,
2026
DON’T LIVE IN
CAREFUL SUSPENSE!
Luke 12:27-31
27 Consider the
lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you,
that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 If then God so
clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the
oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these
things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye
have need of these things.
31 But rather seek
ye the
The phrase in verse 29, “neither be ye of doubtful mind”
roughly means “do not live in careful suspense.” We all can relate to that,
can’t we? Despite our best efforts at emotional stability and spiritual
maturity we are often loaded down with care and suspense.
We look to the lilies as models of calm confidence in their Creator. They do not
anxiously work to make changes in their circumstance. They do not spin yarn and
weave fabric to make clothing and yet they are clothed gloriously as they stand
in total surrender to their Master. We protest that we are not lilies! We don’t
simply stand mindlessly planted in the dirt while the sun beats down upon us or
we are drenched with rain. But are we not, when we think about it, capable of
orchestrating the events of our lives? Are we not equally dependent upon the
Lord for His mercies?
The thought upon which to focus is that God cares more for us than he
does for lilies and grasses. Nature provides her need in faithful cycles.
Wringing our hands murmuring “what shall we eat, or what shall we drink and
wherewithal shall we be clothed” has no impact upon the hunger or thirst or
nakedness. God looks down, sees our need and out of the riches of His character
and nature provides exactly what we need in a timely manner. Your
Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
The activity that should fill our time of waiting is prayer and
reaching for the kingdom. Labor therefore to know your God intimately and to do
His will and His work diligently. While you are at work at these pursuits God
will, because He is God, provide all these things that cause you to live in
careful suspense.
God, it is hard to
set aside careful suspense and to replace it with calm trust – but I shall try.
AMEN
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