eDevotion
Encouragement for your daily
walk with God
Here’s
my question for today: When you became a Christ follower, did all of your
problems disappear, never to return again? It’s almost a silly question, isn’t
it? While your problems may not end, you have an Advocate to whom you can take
your EVERY concern!
The
recipients of Peter’s letters faced severe persecution. They didn’t even know
whom they could trust. Anyone; a friend, a neighbor or acquaintance, or even a
family member might betray them, resulting in their torment and possible death.
Peter encouraged his readers that Christ was in control, and capable of
handling each and every trial they faced.
So
he told them to; epiri÷ptw: to
throw or hurl something upon something else — “cast all your cares on Him...”
Casting
your cares is a choice. It means you can keep your cares, or you can
consciously hurl, throw, cast them on Christ, and let Him carry them. We live
in a world of self-reliance while at the same time being taught it is
praiseworthy. But in this case, self-reliance will only exacerbate the problem.
If we are to be truly freed from the burden of our concerns, we must choose to
cast them on Jesus—into His capable hands.
One
final thing. Peter didn’t, and neither should we, distinguish between big and
little cares. He said, “Cast all your cares…” One of our self-reliant blunders
is to assume we can deal with our cares, and then we discover that we really
can’t. We are but feeble children with troubles that exceed our strength. But
here stands our powerful Christ, ready to take, and carry, all of our burdens.
Praise the Lord!
Casting all your care upon Him, for
He cares for you. (1st Peter
5:7)
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