Today's reading

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. –1 Peter 5:6-8 NIV

December 27, 2022

Casting Your Cares

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. –1 Peter 5:6-8 NIV

If there is one great lie Satan tempts us with, it is this—God doesn’t care for you or me. Especially when we enter seasons of great struggle and difficulty, it’s far too easy to believe that lie and doubt God’s love and care for us.There is also a temptation to lay our burdens down elsewhere—on a person, to fill that void with a possession or addiction, or to succumb to the lusts of our flesh or to whatever idols we struggle with. But the Author of Truth tells us to throw our heavy loads and struggles onto the Lord for Him to take care of. When we cast them upon God, He promises to sustain us.Our lives are to be marked by soberness and vigilance so that we can recognize the enemy when we see him, as he seeks to destroy all oneness with God. All of this requires humility on our part to recognize that God is God. He is good. He cares deeply for us. He’s intimately involved in all that we do. And He can be trusted no matter how great the storms of life beat against us.

prayer focuses

Dear Lord, help me discern the enemy’s schemes.

Father, help me to submit to Your will in my struggles.

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