Cast Your Cares

By: Jenifer Metzger

Cast v.
[kast, kahst]
1. To throw or hurl; fling
2. To throw off or away

Cast all your anxiety on Him

because He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast your cares on the Lord

and He will sustain you;

He will never let

the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 55:22

The Bible says to cast our cares on God. God could have chose any word for these verses. Yet, out of the hundred-thousand, or so, words in existence, God choose the word cast. When I hear the word cast, I automatically think of someone fishing. They cast their line out which means they throw, hurl, or fling their line as far out as they can into the water. They try to get the line far from them.

God says to cast our cares on Him. What does that really mean? It means to throw our cares to Him. Hurl our cares to Him. Or fling our cares to Him. It doesn't mean to simply hand Him our cares timidly and it surely doesn't mean to get them close to Him, then pull them back!

Whatever trial you are facing, whatever pain is upon you, cast it to Him. God is far better equipped to deal with it than you are. Cast it to Him and let Him sustain you.

Discussion:
1. Think of a time you gave your cares to God. Did you do it timidly? Did you try to take it back?
2. When we give our cares to God we can trust Him to take care of the situation. When you cast your cares on Him, remind yourself of His goodness and faithfulness to care for you.