All Your Worries

Good Morning,

1 Peter 5:7 (AMP)
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

Question of the day: What cares, anxieties, worries, or concerns are you carrying on your shoulders today? Okay, there's more than one question today. Here's another: Why are you carrying those cares, anxieties, worries, or concerns when we receive clear and concise direction from God, through these words we read in First Peter, that we ought to give them to God?

I would ask that all of us take these questions seriously and spend time in prayer and meditation to find out what it is that keeps us from being obedient to the direction given in this verse of Scripture. I would suggest that we listen to what the Holy Spirit would tell us concerning our carrying around useless worries and concerns and anxieties that interfere in our lives in, sometimes, a huge way.

Is it easy to simply rid ourselves of these thoughts, feelings and emotions? Nope. It certainly isn't. Is it possible to do it? Yes. However, more than likely we will not be able to do it on our own and in our own power. No, we will need God's help, for sure, and often the help and love from a brother or sister in Christ in order to get it done.

Is it worth the effort and time it will take to obey what Peter has written for us? Oh, yes! No matter what it takes, if we can simply rid ourselves of our cares by giving them over to a God who loves us enough to take them from us, the life we can live will be so very much more than one lived carrying around unnecessary burdens.

We aren't meant to live under the pressure and strain of worry, concerns, and anxieties. We are meant to live a life filled with God's love and, therefore, sharing that love with others.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David