“casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you”
(1 Peter 5:7 NKJV)

God is there for us

In our age of fear, anxiety, and depression, it would be difficult to find a more relevant passage than this gem in 1 Peter. Every chapter in the epistle warns of persecution that would certainly come upon these saints. Divine assurances such as these would provide them a place of calm in a period of storm.

1. Casting calls on us to transfer our concerns—to throw them upon Another. We cast our cares upon God (1 Peter 5:5-6) in prayers of faith, telling Him our needs, pleading for His help.
2. Care comes from a word that means to divide. Worry divides the heart (mind) into different parts, pulling it in different directions. Our cares tend to distract us from God.
3. Cares shows God’s Personal concern for us: He “cares.” Casting and caring go together. Proud people find it difficult to cast their care on another; they think they can handle it themselves. Christians know that God provides for us in ways that we cannot achieve or perceive.
4. All is an important little word. This passage does not invite us to cast same some care on Him. It does not expect God to take our care without our request (Matthew 7:7-11). It assures us that God is there for us. What do we have to worry about?

– Rick Duggin