1 Peter 5:7 — “Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7, A Promise
Life for everybody can often feel heavy and burdened.
There are responsibilities, relationships, expectations, and of course the unknown future that can weigh on your mind and heart.
Whether you are a teen navigating identity and pressures of the modern age, or a young adult facing moments to make decisions that will shape their future. Life can feel filled with anxieties that can feel unavoidable.
But Scripture verse like 1 Peter 5:7 offers us a powerful invitation that is to cast your worries on God.
In the verse the word “casting” means to place something onto someone else entirely.
It’s not a placing worries and anxieties gently or just taking a chance, hoping God might pick them up, if you’re lucky.
It’s in fact releasing or shifting the weight of your troubles and anxieties into His hands because you in all faith know that God is strong and capable enough to carry it.
Giving God our anxieties is an act of humble trust and hope in the Creator of our lives and the world around.
It’s admitting to oneself, “I can’t carry this alone, but with God’s aid, I can.
He Cares For You
The reason we place them all on Jesus is our faith and belief that “He cares for you”.
He promises us comfort in Matthew 11:28.
Jesus loves me. He is not just speaking plainly, He has proven it at the cross, where Christ carried for us our sin, guilt, and a sacrifice to bring to an end our separation from God.
Now if Jesus had carried the heavy cross of sin, He surely can carry our earthly troubles of today.
Hope and Strength
You must be a weak sheep, but you’re “Good Shepherd” is strong. You are not abandoned as Jesus cares for you.
And as the day unfolds, take a deep breathe of hope and pray, casting your anxiety on Him, as 1 Peter 5: 7 promises us that Jesus truly cares for you.
