Day 18

We are exploring how the simple prayer “Jesus, I trust You” can fill you with peace, infuse courage into your heart, and get your day started out on the right foot. During your first fifteen minutes with God, I encourage you to make trust a daily habit. It is far too easy to wake up with things weighing you down, anxieties trying to press in, or pressures coming against your mind. The thoughts themselves are not necessarily wrong. They might be important things you need to do today or problems that need to be resolved. But if you allow these things to dominate your soul, heart, mind, will, and emotions without setting your thoughts on God, they will hold you down.

We read in 1 Peter 5:6–7, “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” Humbling yourself is a posture of surrender, and it leads to God lifting you up at the right time, in the right way.

The Greek word for “give” in this passage means to cast or throw upon. The Amplified Bible translation expands the phrase this way: “casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him.” You don’t have to figure everything out or solve it all on your own. Yes, you should be responsible and work hard, but do so from a place of trust in God. He is the only One who can carry the weight of the world.

Notice how surrender leads to peace. That is the power of trust: it enables you to surrender your life to God, and that reliance and confidence in Him brings rest to your soul.

God invites you to throw those things upon Him and leave them there. Don’t pick them back up. If you can cast your worries, cares, anxieties, fears, and troubles onto the Lord and not take them back, He will fill you with His Peace. Leave them with Him while you sit in His Presence.

Don’t even get out of bed before you cast your cares on God. It will improve the way you think, feel, and make decisions, and that will change the trajectory of your day.

Questions for Reflection

1. What does it mean to you to humble yourself before God, and why is this important?
2. How do you genuinely surrender your worries to God? Can you share a recent experience where you consciously handed over a concern to Him?
3. What steps can you take to let go of your worries once you’ve entrusted them to God and have faith in His care?