Monday Morning Meditation #1: Unburden your life!

Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7


Driving home I was feeling especially burdened. It seems that it is when I am alone with my thoughts that I am the most prone to feeling the weight of the challenges I am faced with. Thank God that in the midst of my anxiety He spoke, "cast your cares on me because I care for you".

My first thought, "Woieee!! Jesus it is easier said than done!" But the more I thought about it the more I realized that God understood that too. I wondered of the choice of words used in some of the bible translations of that passage - cast (that word was heavy for me)

Fishermen cast their nets and that was the context that I used to understand what God was saying to me. I was not to simply hand it to him or else He could have said give it to me. Instead the image in my mind is one of intentional abandon, throwing vigorously the burdens away from me and for my Jamaican readers we 'fling' it from ourselves on to our Saviour.

Ever had someone agree to take on something at school, at work or even in the home that you think is challenging? Do you know that urgency with which your pass it to them and that unloading you experience when that responsibility is no longer yours? Well it is that that Jesus is offering you! And the great thing is you need not feel guilty because you are throwing your worries on someone who is capable of bearing that burden for you and who wants to remove your anxiety through faith on Him.

What are you worried about or bothered by? What anxieties do you have that keep you awake at night or sadden you so much that getting out of bed and facing them each day feels overbearing? Are you happy holding on to those worries? Are you afraid to let them go?

Today why don't you take the opportunity to cast your challenges on God?

Now you may be the type who can do it once and the worrying ceases right away but you may be like me who has to keep giving it to God over and over throughout the day. Put off anxiety, depression, stress from un-attained dreams etc; let God remove the load of your baggage on your life.

Spend a moment and talk with God. Leave your cares in His capable hand, then walk away lightened. See how different you feel!  

EJ