CAST ALL YOUR CARES 

Welcome to Day 20

Welcome to day 20 of our 21-day Healing Journey. 

Today, we’re going to take a moment to put our eyes, our faith, and our focus on the love, grace, and goodness of our God. So be still, try to switch off from the busyness around you. Take a moment to shift the focus from whatever’s going on in your room, in your mind, in your body, and place your focus in the healing power of Jesus.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Today, we are reading a powerful scripture from 1 Peter 5:7. It says, casting all your cares upon Him because He cares for you”. Another translation would say, “Put all your worries and stress on Jesus and leave them there because He cares for you.”

So many times in life, people carry the wrong things. God wants you to carry purpose, carry hope, carry love and carry joy, but He doesn’t want you carrying stress, disease, anxiety, or pain - that is not what you are designed to carry. When Christ came to take your place, He hung on a cross to bear your burdens so that He could give you a life of rest and ease because He cares for you.

So often before Jesus moved in mighty miracles, the Bible tells us He was first moved with compassion for the crowd or the person He saw. Whether they were starving, dying, or possessed, He was first moved by compassion for them before He moved in mighty miracles. Why? Because He loved them. 

God loves you today, and that love was demonstrated when He came to earth to die in your place so that He could take your cares upon Himself and give you a life of ease and rest. Today, cast your cares on Him and leave them there.

PRAYER

Father, I thank You that as we give You whatever is stressing us today, whatever feels like a burden to us today, whatever overwhelms us today, we give it to You, but we also leave it with You. 

As we go with Your rest, your joy, your ease, Father, I thank You that we sense Your presence and Your love and Your compassion today, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.