In today’s world, there is so much hurt, grief, sadness, and pain. There, in that place, we are promised to find grace that will help us. All of that can be tossed at the feet of the One who loves you most. Think about all the emotion we bottle up and hide from the world. He invites us to come yelling, screaming, kicking, and throwing a fit straight to Him. That is life-giving and life-transforming! God does not expect His children to be quiet about their fears. As children of God, we get to boldly go before our Heavenly Father and throw all our junk at His feet because He loves us. The writer of Hebrews writes, “Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time” (4:16, HCSB, emphasis added). We are told to cast, to throw, to toss our fears, worries, and anxieties on the Lord because He cares for us. We aren’t told to lay them neatly in a folded pile at His feet or to quietly go before the Lord and whisper. Scripture tells us to cast our cares on the Lord. According to Strong’s Greek Lexicon, the original word meant to “throw, cast, to throw off, toss.” Again, all these words include motion and action, which have some force behind them. There is a forceful action behind actively casting. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of the word cast “is to cause to move or send forth by throwing.” All the subsequent definitions include movement, distance, and changing form in some way. Casting a net, casting dice, or casting off clothes after a long workout all involve throwing things. I found myself wondering what it really meant to “cast” something on the Lord. But, as an adult, this verse has taken on new meaning. What is the one verse that I catch myself repeating when things seem overwhelming? 1 Peter 5:7. What is the one verse that keeps coming to mind? 1 Peter 5:7. It was sweet and reminded me that God cared about me.įast forward twenty-five years to new difficulties, fears, and anxieties. I learned to tell the Lord all that scared me, that I feared, that I worried about, and that kept me up at night. This was a verse I recited time and again throughout my parents’ divorce and a verse that carried me through a rough freshmen year in college. And, the Word takes up residence in our lives.Īs a teenager, I memorized 1 Peter 5:7, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (NIV).
However, Psalm 119:11 says that when we hide God’s Word in our hearts, we are changed. Scripture memory is a spiritual discipline that is so important but often overlooked.
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