Psalm 55:22

Psalm 55:22

Cast your cares on the Lord

This is one of the most comforting verses in the Bible. It is an invitation to bring all of our worries, our fears, our anger, our frustration, our hurt and pain, our grief and sorrow, our loneliness, and all other inner anxieties and burdens, and cast them on to the Lord. This is more than just an invitation to “tell all”, it is a command to throw these negative afflictions away, to throw them at Him! To take them off ourselves and cast them on to Him. This is the Lord’s Counselling Manual at its very best for it does not ask us to psychoanalyse ourselves or to look deep within and then think positive thoughts. It tells us to name the problems and then chuck them over to the burden-carrier, to give them to Him. Hallelujah!

Then comes the promise! “He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.” The life of a “follower of the way” is all about letting go, about trusting, about laying-down, about surrender and obedience. Every time we take a step away from our own control mechanisms and hand something to Him, we edge a step closer into His presence and into a deeper awareness of His loving, protective care. The Apostle Peter repeats the promise in 1 Peter 5:7, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” Every time you and I get anxious about anything, we are effectively saying that we have to resolve it alone, that we have to find the solution or a way through. The Lord says, “No, you don’t. Throw it to me, I will sort it for you.”

So, what are you waiting for? Go on, do it. Now! Let go of those anxieties, whatever they are. And then keep on casting your cares on the Lord.

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