“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” – 1Peter 5:7
LIGHT FOR NOW: Don’t let worries overwhelm your mind, for it drains you of the ability to act on God’s word.
The Apostle Peter instructs us to cast all our cares on him (Christ Jesus) for he cares for us. Now let’s observe some words used; the word “cares” is a word that readily describes life’s pressures that come to us all as men and can be interchangeably used with any of the following synonyms such as:
• Worries
• Concerns
• Expectations
• Desires
• Plans
• Goals or ambitions
Cares therefore refer to things (personal or societal) that weigh heavily on our minds as necessities, often times as a product of desires to have or own the good things of life. They often could range from the need to or a desire to succeed academically, to gaining financial independence or wealth, to having an excellent spouse, wonderful kids, landed properties, a well-funded vacation, early retirements with benefits and the list goes on and on.
However, as legitimate and rightful as it is to have desires for good things or to want to care for one’s self or others that are dear to us, it so happens that many times, these desires when not properly handled or managed drives and consumes us such that they eventually become cares or better still, worries. To some, the need to excel academically becomes a worrisome thought that degenerates further to the fear of failure in life generally; to some the need to break free from a background of want or poverty and gain financial freedom, independence or wealth overwhelms them to create savings culture motivated by fear (such that they can hardly even give to meet the needs of others or their local church). They often become stingy, not willing to part with money other than for selfish reasons; to some the need to settle down or get married and so on and so forth. The word “cast” (1Peter 5:7) is like what one does with a cloth, it literally implies that you put something on someone completely. This implies therefore that when we consider these keywords in the light of scripture (with reference particularly to our main text), we will see that we are admonished to completely cast our cares, worries or concerns, like a cloth on Jesus. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Don’t allow worries dominate you.
CONFESSION: I acknowledge my God-given right as a man to desire the good things of life. I however, refuse to be overwhelmed by these desires and cast them all on Jesus for he cares for me, in Jesus Name, Amen
QUOTE: If meditation on God’s word must have a place in your life, worries should not be given a place in your life.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: 1PETER CHAPTER 4; EVENING: 1PETER CHAPTER 5
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 