Carrying and Caring

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And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Isaiah 46 v 4
The Lord commits in this uni-verse to carry us all through from the womb through our journey in this world, through the seven stages of life right into ripe old age, death and beyond. As a woman carries her child in her womb, He carries us, not just for nine months all through our lives. Since He has made us, He takes the responsibility to carry us. Death is the point of delivery from the uterus of this universe into the heavenly kingdom of the Father. We come into the fullness of the new life or re-birth we experience when we believe and receive Christ into our hearts and lives.
This kind of assurance from our Creator gives us cause for complete peace and zero worry. We need not have the kind of feelings the people of this world face when they confront the vulnerabilities of childhood, the convulsions of youth, the uncertainties of middle age, the insecurities of old age. At every stage of our faith-based life, we are building on rock, on infinite strength, infinite wisdom, infinite love and grace. The Lord knows He is responsible for our lives from beginning to end and He responds to our prayers, needs, feelings and thoughts. He owns us and never disowns us even when we tend to stray from Him and His ways.
If we carry His word in our hearts, He will always carry and care for us. Jesus carries us on His shoulders as a parent carries his or her child, as a shepherd carries the young lamb. He is protective, caring, loving and competent. We are never alone, uncared for, neglected or solitary. He is attentive to our most unspoken, unknown and intimate needs. For a believer there is no such thing as self actualisation for it is the Lord who fulfils us and it is not of ourselves. His security and self esteem needs are also met completely in Jesus. He does not find satisfaction in achievement or accomplishments but dedicates these to the Lord. The scarcities and challenges of his life are opportunities for his faith to be exercised and for the grace of God to be manifest. He sees the unseen but all powerful hand of the Lord acting behind every move and happening in his life. The cares of this world are meant to prove the caring and carrying of the Lord.