One Of Our Greatest Errors

Article written by Brother Bledsoe

Casting all your care upon Him, because He cares about you.
1 Peter 5:7

As you’ve no doubt discovered, becoming a Christian does not make your problems go away. But it does give you an Advocate to whom you can take every concern. The Christians Peter addressed were facing persecution. They did not know whom they could trust; a friend, a neighbor, or even a family member could betray them, resulting in suffering and even death. But Peter had walked with the risen Christ, and he had personally experienced the love that Jesus had for His followers. He knew that Christ was in control, capable of handling every trial and that He wanted to do so as an expression of His love.

Reliance on the Lord

Casting our cares is a choice. It means consciously handing over our anxiety to Christ and allowing Him to carry the weight of our problems. At times this is the most difficult part of trusting God! We don’t like turning over the responsibility for our problems. We have been taught that self-reliance is good and praiseworthy. We may even enjoy worrying. Yet if we are to be freed from the burden of our concerns, we must choose to cast them into the strong hands of our Father.

Peter does not distinguish between little cares and big cares. God does not differentiate between problems we should handle on our own and God-sized needs. He asks us to turn them all over to Him. One of our greatest errors is to assume we can deal with something ourselves, only to discover that we really can’t.

Do you (do I) trust God and believe Him able to take our every care and fix our every problem. The chorus we used to sing says, “He’s able, He’s able, I know He’s able, I know my Lord is able carry me through.” Do we still believe? It is a question that we must answer for ourselves, don’t you think?

Pastor Jim Bledose - Prayer ministry and weekly devotion author at Life Church in Phoenix
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