Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
— Philippians 4:6
Casting
all your care upon him; for he careth for
you.
— 1 Peter 5:7
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.
— 1 Peter 5:7 (amplified)
Some people are content in the knowledge that God knows and
understands their problems. But still they hold on to their cares, so they don't
get deliverance. It's not enough that God cares and understands. We must go on
and
do what He said to do — cast all of our cares on Him, for He cares for
us. This is the prayer of commitment, of casting or rolling our cares and burdens on Him.
Psalm 37:5 says, "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and
he shall bring it to pass."
Jesus had this to
say:
MATTHEW 6:25-27
25 Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,
or what
ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold
the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither
do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Jesus is asking which of you by worrying
is going to change Take no thought for your life" (Luke
12:22).
Paul said in Philippians 4:6, "Be careful for nothing...."
The Amplified Bible reads, "Do not fret or have any anxiety
about anything .. . ." Too many times people want to pray and get God to
do something about their anxieties. But God tells you to do something
about them. He said, "Be careful for nothing." Or, "Don't
you fret or have anxiety about anything."
As long as you do not take this first step — as long as you fret and
have anxiety — you are nullifying the effects of your prayer. You haven't cast
your burden on the Lord. You still have it. And if you have it, God doesn't.
Casting all your care on Him isn't something you do every
day. It's a once-and-for-all proposition. This puts your situation in His
hands. The Lord could do a lot for us, but often we don't let Him because
we don't follow His rules that govern the operation of prayer. We don't do what He tells us
to do. Then we wonder why things don't work out.
If you cast your burden on the Lord,