Sunday, February 19, 2012 (Have You Pressing Cares?)

 

Have You Pressing Cares?

How often in my life, I have gone to a passage from the Epistle of I Peter chapter 5.  It's one of those I'm so forever grateful to lay hold of and bring up in a time of prayer.  It's none other than this:

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”  I Peter 5:7

Isn't this so refreshing and reassuring?  Who, in their sanity, hasn't needed to cast some “care” in some other direction?  As the days roll on in this time of sojourning through this land, cares can become a habitual problem.  How good it is to know that this provision has been made for God's children.

A point, in addition to this provision, that I wish to make in this context is the fact that there are a few more things we should note in this Scripture text. These go along with this verse 7 of I Peter.
Indeed, it's such a relief that He will bear any load that we can cast in His direction, however, let's take a look at a little more of the instruction surrounding this admonition.

I Peter 5: 5-10 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.  Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him: for he careth for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

In this setting, it would seem there's some humbling and submission going on in the life of the believer.  We have work to do.  When we yield ourselves to Him in humility and obedience to His Word, we can know that we can trust everything to His great care.  When we're walking in the spirit and desiring to honor the Lord, we've got nothing to fear.  He has our concerns in His care.  As some might say, “He's got our back!”

Is He your answer to pressing cares today? He made provision to be for the asking.  This is the Only Way to know true peace in this life, through resting our cares with Him.

Have a Blessed Week,

Julie