“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
Ella and her mom were in Ella’s room, packing her toys into boxes. Next Saturday was the big day. Ella and her parents were moving all the way from Virginia to Washington State. As Ella continued packing her toys away, she began to cry. She would have to go to a new elementary school, go to a new church, and make new friends.
“Mom? I’m really scared about moving,” Ella said.
“Why?” Ella’s mom asked.
“What if nobody likes me? What if I don’t like my new school? What if there are no kids my age at our new church?”
“Moving is scary,” her mom said. “But God will go with us, and He cares about how you’re feeling right now.”
“Really?” Ella asked.
“Really,” her mom answered. “What’s that verse you just memorized in Sunday School?”
Ella thought for a moment, trying to remember. “Was it the one about casting our cares on God?”
“‘Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you,’” said her mom. “Why don’t we pray and ask God to help us cast our cares on Him?”
God tells us to cast (“throw”) our care (“worries” or “concerns”) on Him because He cares about us. If we cast all of our cares on God, we do not need to worry about anything at all. Because God cares about us, we do not have to feel as though we are bothering Him when we tell Him our concerns. When something is bothering us—whether we think it is something small or something really big—we can tell God.
God wants us to tell Him all about it because He cares all about us.
My response:
» What cares do I have that I need to tell God about?