God Will Take Care of You
Be not dismayed
whate’er betide,
God will take care of you;
Beneath His wings of love abide,
God will
take care of you.
Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
God
will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail,
God will take care of
you.
All you may need He will provide,
God will
take care of you;
Nothing you ask will be denied,
God will take care of
you.
No matter what may be the test,
God
will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon His breast,
God will take care of
you.
Chorus:
God will take care of
you,
Through every day, over all the way;
He will take care of you,
God
will take care of you.
BIBLE
REFERENCE:
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 14:14
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of
you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of
the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice
in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass
he shall pass away.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower
thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade
away in his ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James 1:2-12
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of
God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted,
when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the
word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:13-18
Civilla Durfee Martin -
Lyrics
1866-1948
Born: August 21, 1866, Jordan, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Died: March 9, 1948, Atlanta, Georgia.
Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Walter Stillman Martin -
Composer
1862-1935
Born: 1862, Rowley, Massachusetts.
Died: December 16, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia.
Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.
HYMN
HISTORY:
This popular hymn of spiritual encouragement was
written, in 1904, by Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Martin. It was composed while the Martins were spending
several weeks as guest at the Practical Bible Training School at Lestershire, New York, where Mr.
Martin was involved in helping the president of the school, John A. Davis, prepare a songbook.
The Reverend W. Stillman Martin, a well-known Baptist evangelist, was invited to preach at a church
some distance from the Bible school. That Sunday morning, Mrs. Martin became suddenly ill,
making it impossible for her to accompany her husband to his preaching engagement. Mr. Martin
seriously considered cancelling his speaking assignment, since it would be needful for him to be
gone from her for a considerable time.
Just then, however, their young son spoke up and said, “Father, don’t you think that if
God wants you to preach today, He will take care of Mother while you are away?” Agreeing, Mr.
Martin kept his preaching appointment, and the service proved to be unusually blessed of God, with
several people professing Christ as Savior as a result of the sermon.
Returning later that evening, Mr. Martin found his wife greatly improved in health, and while he was
gone she had, in fact, been busily engaged in preparing a new hymn text, inspired by the chance
remark of their young son earlier that day. That same evening, Stillman Martin composed the music
for his wife’s words just as they are still sung today. The next year, this hymn appeared in a
collection,
Songs of Redemption and Praise, compiled for the school by W. S. Martin and President John Davis.
“God Will Take Care of You” soon became a favorite hymn of Christian people
everywhere.
Civilla Durfee Martin was born on August 21, 1866, in Nova Scotia. She taught school and studied
music for a time before marrying Dr. Martin. Following their marriage, she traveled and aided him
greatly in his ministry and evangelistic campaigns. Together they collaborated in writing a number
of gospel songs. Of this song, Civilla Martin said:
"I was confined to a sick bed in a
Bible school in Lestershire, New York. My husband was spending several weeks at the school,
making a songbook for the president of the school. “God Will Take Care of You” was
written one Sunday afternoon while my husband went to a preaching appointment.
When he returned I gave the words to him. He immediately sat down to his little Bilhorn organ
and wrote the music. That evening he and two of the teachers sang the completed song. It was
then printed in the songbook he was compiling for the school."
Mrs. Martin is also know for writing the
popular, gospel song text “His Eye Is On the Sparrow,” in which she collaborated with
Charles Gabriel. Mrs. Martin died in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 9, 1948.
Walter Stillman Martin was born at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1862. After receiving his
education at Harvard University, he was ordained to the Baptist ministry. Dr. Martin became well
known throughout the country for his Bible conference and evangelistic ministries. In 1916, Mr. and
Mrs.
Martin became members of the Disciples of Christ denomination, when he became a professor of Bible
at the Atlantic Christian College in North Carolina. After 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Martin made their home
in Atlanta, Georgia, while continuing their ministries until his home-going on December 16,
1935.
One of the lessons that any Christian leader soon realizes in ministering of God’s people is
that all believers need much encouragement and comfort from time to time. This hymn has been greatly
used of God for this purpose.
Dear Brothers and Sisters
in Christ,
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting
all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7
If you are suffering today with a burden that is too heavy for you to bear, wait on the Lord to deliver
you for He has not passed over you in His providence. God who is the feeder of sparrows, will also
furnish you with what you need. The Bible tells us in
Psalms 46:10
“to be still and know that I am
God.”
If you are being buffeted by Satanic forces in your life,
Take up the shield of faith to quench the fiery darts of the devil and by your opposition God will ease
your distresses.
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Ephesians 6:16
There is One who cares for you. God's eye is fixed on you,
His heart beats with mercy towards you and His all powerful hand will bring you the needed help you
need. The darkest cloud shall rain on you showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall give place to the
morning light.
God, if you are truly a Christian, will bind up your wounds, and heal your broken heart. Doubt not His
grace while you are being tested, but believe that He loves you as much in seasons of trouble as in
times of happiness.
What a victorious life you can lead if you submit to the providence of God! With a little oil in the
cruse, and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah outlived the famine, and God will do the same for
you.
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the
cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
1 Kings 17:16
If God cares for you, why need you care too? Can you trust
Him for your soul, and not for your body?