Psalm55:22
And What It Means to All People!!
By:
Anthony Joseph Hopkins March 12, 2021
Praise the Lord Everyone!! Praise the
Lord!! How are you doing today? Fine, I hope.
I would like to inform all of you that this is an essay that pertains to
Psalm 55:22. I want to say that 1st Peter 5:7 are similar.
The Bible verse says cast your cares on
the Lord and He will sustain you: He
will never let the righteous fall. 1st
Peter 5:7 says Cast your cares on Him because He cares for you. When I compare the two Bible verses, it
specifically states that we are supposed to cast all of our burdens on the
Lord. He really cares for you. The only difference is that Psalm 55:22 is
expressed differently.
Next,
it says that the Lord will sustain you, and he will not let the righteous
fall. I want to say that I have casted
all of my burdens to the Lord years ago.
As I recall, I used to purchase sex from female prostitutes from June
22, 1986 to July 3, 2010. I have spent a
total of 24 years inside of the streets of Dayton, Ohio. I also spent a total of 12 years in the streets
of Charlotte, NC. I also spent almost 6
years in the streets of Toledo, Ohio.
Most of my activities had taken place during the 1980s and 1990s.
I
have a question to ask everyone. How do
you cast all of your burdens on the Lord?
Frankly, I have to submit all of my problems, habits, and tactics to the
Lord. The definition of the word cast means to 1. To throw, fling or send; that is, to
drive from, by force, as from the hand,
or from an engine.
Further,
I want to say that the definition that I am looking for means to submit as if
to God, or a higher authority. What I am
saying is that I am giving up old habits and problems to God. I know that this is something that we all need
to work on a daily basis. It reminds me
of taking a personal inventory in Alcoholics Anonymous. What I am doing is taking a personal inventory
of ourselves. This is the 4th
step of recovery. The 10th
step says continue to take a personal inventory; when we are wrong promptly
admitted it. This is a complete analysis
of our behavior by writing it down on a piece of paper.
Moreover,
I want to inform all of you that the word cares mean
the following: Care [N]
In the Old Testament several Hebrew words are translated as
"care" or a similar word (e.g., "worry" or
"anxious"). In 1 Samuel 10:2, when Samuel anoints Saul as king, a
series of signs are predicted by Samuel to prove God's favor on Saul,
culminating in the indwelling of God's Spirit. The first sign is that two men
will say to Saul, "The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now
your father has stopped worrying about them and is worrying about you"
(NRSV).
The connotation of caring about something to the point of
"worrying" about it is picked up in the New Testament. As in the Old
Testament, the undertone can be positive or negative. In the New Testament, the
principal utilization is negative. The most common Greek word that is
translated "care" is the noun merimna [mevrimna]
(or the verb merimnao [merimnavw]).
In
Matthew 13:22 in Christ's parable of the four seeds, the third person is
represented by the seed that was choked out by the "cares of the
world." The enigmatic meaning of the parable is that preoccupation with
the world depletes one's devotion to God. Because the world is temporal,
inordinate care for the world causes preoccupation with the result of not
caring for eternal things; consequently, the Word does not become deeply
implanted.
In
Luke 21:34 believers are warned to be watchful of the Lord's return and not to
be "weighed down with ... the worries of this life" (NRSV). In 2
Corinthians 11:28 Paul lists his sufferings as his glory in his defense against
the "super apostles." Besides his external sufferings, his care for
all the churches and the subsequent heartache because of an intense concern for
those he loved is Paul's mark of true apostleship. It can be seen that care to
the point of burden is intended.
Another
Greek word for "care" is melo. It, too, can denote anxiety or
earnest concern, depending on the context. In 1 Peter 5:7 both the verb melo and
the noun merimna [mevrimna] are used: "Cast all your anxiety (merimna [mevrimna]) on him, because he cares (melo [ejpimelw'"]) for you" (NRSV).
Care
to the point of anxiety is seen as harmful and as contrary to faith in God.
Matthew 6:25 says, "Do not worry about your life." It is necessary
that a person gives basic attention to having food and shelter. The fact that
the same words for "care" are also translated "anxiety" or
"worry" shows that the derivation of anxiety could be a reasonable
care turned awry. When one's desires are inordinate with the result being a
focus on temporal existence instead of eternal life, the consequence can be
harmful. For example, the negative effects of anxiety can be seen in one's health
status. Too much stress can cause manifold health problems. Worry cannot add a
single hour to our life span, according to Matthew 6:27, and therefore, it is a
waste of time. Trusting in God when one cannot change a situation is biblical
faith. Inactive, worrisome reasoning is diametrically opposed to the Jewish and
Christian concept of faith.
Paul
says in Philippians 4:6, "Do not worry about anything" (NRSV). The
word merimnao [merimnavw] does not mean "do not 'care' about
anything." Rather, Paul wants the Philippians to "in everything by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to
God." In other words, thankfulness, which is a part of faith, resolves the
quandary of anxiety.
Finally, I want to end this essay by saying
that I am still a work in progress. What
is the definition of the word Work in Progress?
A work in progress means
work in progress
noun
1. an unfinished project that is still being added to or
developed. "the book
itself is still a work in progress"
o (in accounting) the total value of the materials and labor
for unfinished projects. "the board had
estimated the value of its work in progress” However, we are God’s
Masterpiece. We are already a completed
work. It is that behaviorally, we might
not think so. There are times that we hinder
or impede in our own progress. This
means procrastination. I have casted all
of my cares to the Lord. I am still a piece
of work that needs to be handled with care!!!!
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