In order to cast ALL your anxiety on Him, you have to move your focus from your anxiety to your Savior.
You are focused on what you’re worried about, what you can’t control, what you are not strong enough to carry. You are focused on the problem and how heavy it weighs upon your shoulders. You are focused on your own hands when God is asking you to focus on His heart.
He cares for you.
He cares for more than you can comprehend.
When you are in the middle of a fierce storm feeling out of control and tossed around, you ask Jesus, like the disciples did in Mark 4:38, “Do you even care that I’m in this storm? I didn’t see it coming, I didn’t cause it to happen and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it through.”
The answer is yes, He cares.
Yes, He knows.
Yes, He can handle it.
In fact, the Hebrew word used for “care” in both the above passages is the SAME word used in 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV):
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
The word “cast” is a word picture of throwing something very heavy and getting it out of your hands.
Jesus can handle whatever you are carrying. He who carried the weight of your sin can carry the weight of your fears.
Does God care?
Yes, He absolutely does.
