He Cares for You

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7

We all get stressed out. We reach that point where we don’t know how to handle that particular situation and the weight of it consumes us. I’ve been there- A LOT. I find myself taking on the burdens of everyone on top of my own “issues” and then I reach that point- the point where I just break down. Not to discredit guys’ emotions, but I think girls have the overwhelming tendency to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. It’s our instinct, our need to be needed and to help others , that puts us in this position.

Recently God has been telling me to take that weight and give it to him- to cast all of me problems on Him because He loves me. God not only promises to never leave us, but to be there through it all. As we carry that weight, God comes next to us and says, “Give it to me please.” My first reaction to this isn’t one of gratitude unfortunately, but one of resentment. “No, God, I can handle it. I got this. Don’t worry about me.” However, as soon as the weight becomes too much, I selfishly say, “God, where are you? I need your help now.” Let me put it this way from an example in my own life:

Every night before I go to bed I spend time on the phone with a wonderful guy who loves has a crazy love for God (and me). I am quick to tell him all about my day, especially the problems that I experienced, people who made me upset, etc. And while I always joke with him about being so positive, he listens intently and gives me the best advice. As I continue to talk (sometimes for a long time), it is like I am taking the weight off of my shoulders and giving it to him. And at the end of the conversation, it seems like everything is better. And he never complains that I vent. Actually, he tells me how much he enjoys talking to me. Usually during the next day I apologize for verbally pouring out my problems on to him and he responds, “I don’t mind, it’s what I’m supposed to do because I care about you.” Then I say something like, “I know, but I still feel bad- I can handle my problems on my own.” Secretly though, I appreciate our conversations so much; I just don’t want to show my weakness. Yet, I never turn away his love for me. I never say, “I don’t want to talk to you tonight and share my life with you. I’m sorry.”

And, yet, how often do I go to God this way? How often do I trust that I can “cast my anxiety on him because He cares for me?” I am so quick to tell this guy about my problems, but I don’t trust that the God who holds the universe can take care of me? That the God who sent his Son to die for me, doesn’t love me? While I love my nightly phone conversations, I realize that I am giving my problems to the wrong person. Even though God has placed him in my life as a support, God tells me to give Him all of my problems because He LOVES me. Just as this guy sits on the phone and listens to me because He cares, God is calling out for me to give Him my problems because He CARES MORE than I can imagine.

What are you not giving to God? LET HIM LOVE YOU AND HELP YOU BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.