1 Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
Cast – to throw, to fling something out or off. (Dictionary definition)
I love the descriptive words that God uses in the Scriptures. They give us such a clear picture of what He is intending for us to know. Casting is an action. It’s a stronger motion then just meekly placing something down somewhere.
God is saying in this verse to deliberately – with purpose – bring all your worries and cares to Him. This does not give us a picture of meekly, with hesitation, taking our problems to Him. We do not need to apologize or feel that we are burdening Him with our troubles. He is the one telling us to come. He is the one telling us to cast ALL our cares upon Him. He is the one saying I want to hear from you.
The last part of this verse is always a total amazement to me, “for he careth for you.” God loves you, God loves me, we need to let this sink in. He wants us to bring every care and problem to Him because He loves us. If we are living our life not wanting to bother God with our needs, we are actually disobeying Him.
Take ALL of your problems, cares, and frustrations in life to Him. You will be showing God that you believe what He says in His Word because you are following what He told you to do. You will be living a life of obedience!
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