He cares for you!

Read: Psalm 55 & I Peter5:6-11

What is it that has you so shaken, so anxious?                                                                           

 Is it your constant companion day and night?                   

You just cannot seem to shake it off.                                    

He tells us to cast our cares on Him. When I was a young girl in school we used to have prayer each morning before starting our day, our teacher told us that we need to be honest with God because He already knows everything and wants to hear it from us.  She would tell us to be specific with whatever is bothering us and also in thanking Him. Be honest with Him.

The first place to start is to be humble before Him. As we humble ourselves before Him we acknowledge that He is Lord. In our humbleness we let go of all our pride, those things that keep us from Him and doing what He wants.  We can then give Him all our troubles, anxieties and worries because He truly cares for us.  When we do this He exalts us.  Jesus also invited people to cast their cares on Him: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28–30).

Jesus calls us to come to Him and cast our cares, burdens on Him. When we do, the promise is that we will find rest for our souls. The assurance is based on who He is. We can come to Him with any of our concerns in prayer, and, while the burden may still exist, our souls will find rest as we trust in Him to help us carry it and to sustain us through the trial.  God does not want us to be weighed down by the difficulties and worries of this life.

God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and able to handle all our cares. As a humble person, you can cast all your cares on Him because you know He cares for you.

Secondly, we need to be thankful!

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

We can live a life without anxiety, worries and cares of this world.  We just need to bring them to Him and bring them with thanksgiving.  We know that He cares for us and we know that all things work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.  When we do, we can experience that peace that passes all understanding.  It is a matter of trusting, believing and leaving it all with Him.  When we are tempted to go back to those worries etc., we know that we already gave it to Him and we can trust Him with it all.

Do you tell the Lord the deep desires of your heart? 

Have you given Him all your anxieties, the things that worry you and keep you up at night and consume your day as well?

Prayer:

Father, we praise You for Your words of truth that we can hide in our hearts that we might not sin against You.  You sent Your Son Jesus to die on the cross to take away all our sin, grief and sorrow.  We have eternal life in Him!  Help us as we tend to worry about so many things, to leave it at the cross of Jesus, who took them upon Himself. Help us to know that you work all things together for our good and to grow us in faith in You.  

Lyn