“Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you.” — 1 Peter 5:7
Over the years, I have found myself coming back to this tremendous truth almost daily. I am a very anxious person. Sometimes, it can overtake my brain in a paralyzing way. The promise in this verse has always helped remind me that I am not alone. It helps me see that God cares about my problems. He isn’t surprised that I could be burdened.
God knows all of our needs (big or small), and promises to take care of every one of them. Maybe you are like me, you know this verse to be true, yet you still struggle to believe it? It’s moments like these that I believe we need to emulate the meek heart of a child.
Consider with me for a moment a lesson we can learn from the playground. Your child is playing and then falls down and gets hurt. The fall wasn’t that bad. But, then they look down and see the blood running down their leg. At that moment, the sight of blood completely consumes them. (Much like anxiety, am I right?) What’s the first word that comes out of your child’s mouth? “MOMMYYY!!!! DADDDYYYY!!” They respond the only way they know how. They cry out for the provision and comfort of their mom or dad.
Christian, when fear and anxiety start to swell up in your brain, Jesus tells us to respond the same way a child does when he gets hurt. You are to run to your Good Father.
In Matthew, Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Combine that with 1 Peter 5:7. We don’t just come to Him with our burdens and anxieties, but we are to actually hand them over to Him. Throw them upon Jesus (because He CARES for you). Just as a child trusts in the provision of his earthly parents, so we as Christians should so much more trust that our Father in Heaven will do the same.
Are you battling anxiety today, friend? Consider the child on the playground — cry out to your Good Father in heaven. Run to Him, and He will comfort you.
“Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you.”
Bryan
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