"Quit caring." "That’s crazy", you may say. "I thought we were supposed to care." Well, let me share this scripture with you.
1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) “7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
All means all. In the scripture above it reads (casting) that is a continual daily repetitive thing to do, not just a onetime cast. God is telling us we will be tempted to carry care, rather than to cast it upon the Lord because He cares for us.
Think of a good father and his child. His child is continually gathering things too heavy to carry. What good father wouldn’t want his child to let him carry those things? We serve a good father, who loves us and wants the best for us.
“We cannot throw away our troubles.” Alan Stibbs.
We cannot run away from our problems or pretend they don’t exist. “But we can get rid of the anxiety that is caused by our troubles. We can refuse to be burdened down by care. We can reject the kind of worry that disturbs our peace and distracts our mind.” What we do instead is to turn to God.
We find relief in God. We hand our worry over to Him so that we don’t have to carry our worry ourselves. We pour out our anxiety to Him in prayer. We cast our cares on God. When we do this, we can feel at peace. We can be calm even in the midst of times of trouble. We can experience the serenity that God promises and that Jesus exemplifies.
There’s another reason for casting our cares on God that Peter doesn’t mention. God is big enough to carry our cares for us. We can’t really do this for each other. Have you ever tried to tell a friend about your troubles, and it seemed like all they wanted to do was tell you about theirs? We often can’t ask someone to carry our burdens because they’ve got enough burdens of their own. But God has broad shoulders. God is so big that He can carry all of my burdens and all of yours. Even the burdens of the whole world are not too much for Him.
Worried about something? Caring more than you should about someone or something? Start casting. Literally stand up and act like you are throwing a rock high into the sky and yell, "Hey Lord catch this!" He has His catchers mitt on and is ready for whatever you got!
1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) “7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
All means all. In the scripture above it reads (casting) that is a continual daily repetitive thing to do, not just a onetime cast. God is telling us we will be tempted to carry care, rather than to cast it upon the Lord because He cares for us.
Think of a good father and his child. His child is continually gathering things too heavy to carry. What good father wouldn’t want his child to let him carry those things? We serve a good father, who loves us and wants the best for us.
“We cannot throw away our troubles.” Alan Stibbs.
We cannot run away from our problems or pretend they don’t exist. “But we can get rid of the anxiety that is caused by our troubles. We can refuse to be burdened down by care. We can reject the kind of worry that disturbs our peace and distracts our mind.” What we do instead is to turn to God.
We find relief in God. We hand our worry over to Him so that we don’t have to carry our worry ourselves. We pour out our anxiety to Him in prayer. We cast our cares on God. When we do this, we can feel at peace. We can be calm even in the midst of times of trouble. We can experience the serenity that God promises and that Jesus exemplifies.
There’s another reason for casting our cares on God that Peter doesn’t mention. God is big enough to carry our cares for us. We can’t really do this for each other. Have you ever tried to tell a friend about your troubles, and it seemed like all they wanted to do was tell you about theirs? We often can’t ask someone to carry our burdens because they’ve got enough burdens of their own. But God has broad shoulders. God is so big that He can carry all of my burdens and all of yours. Even the burdens of the whole world are not too much for Him.
Worried about something? Caring more than you should about someone or something? Start casting. Literally stand up and act like you are throwing a rock high into the sky and yell, "Hey Lord catch this!" He has His catchers mitt on and is ready for whatever you got!
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