{"id":40869,"date":"2026-07-10T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40869"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:56:13","slug":"26-0711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0711\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrust the World to God"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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If anyone had a reason to be anxious it was the apostle Paul. Envision an old man as he gazes out the window of a Roman prison. Half-blind, squinting just to read. Awaiting trial before the Roman emperor. His future is as gloomy as his jail cell.<\/p>\n

Yet to read his words, you\u2019d think he\u2019d just arrived at a Jamaican beach hotel. His letter to the Philippians bears not a word of fear or complaint. Not one! Instead, he lifts his thanks to God and calls on his readers to do the same. \u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!\u201d (Phil. 4:4)<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s challenge is a decision deeply rooted in the confidence that God exists, that he is in control, and that he is good. Rejoice in the Lord\u00a0always.\u00a0<\/em>You can\u2019t run the world, but you can entrust it to God.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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If anyone had a reason to be anxious it was the apostle Paul. Envision an old man as he gazes out the window of a Roman prison. Half-blind, squinting just to read. Awaiting trial before the Roman emperor. His future is as gloomy as his jail cell.<\/p>\n

Yet to read his words, you\u2019d think he\u2019d just arrived at a Jamaican beach hotel. His letter to the Philippians bears not a word of fear or complaint. Not one! Instead, he lifts his thanks to God and calls on his readers to do the same. \u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice!\u201d (Phil. 4:4)<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s challenge is a decision deeply rooted in the confidence that God exists, that he is in control, and that he is good. Rejoice in the Lord always. You can\u2019t run the world, but you can entrust it to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40872,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40869\/revisions\/40872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}