It Always Ends in Love

"Cast all your anxieties to Him, for He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7

Definitions of cast - discard; shed in the process of growth; throw (something) forcefully in a certain direction.

Throw all your anxieties in His direction, for He cares for you.

(So what this all means is just to write them all down, all that you can possibly think of, listing them off one by one to Him.)

Definition of care - for He looks after you, provides for you, tends to you.

for He is our Shepard.

He is our caretaker. That is His job. Care-taker.

So the question is: Are we burdening Him by telling Him about our burdens?

No! Of course not!

He already know all we're feeling. So why hide them from Him?

He rejoices when we come to Him and cast our anxieties to Him.

That is what He is here for, to take our anxieties.

He does it joyfully, actually He already did it.

"He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases," Matthew 8:17

"Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows." Isaiah 53:4

So we must use this wonderful gift He has given to us.

Giving Him all our cares.

-He already took our cares at the cross.

He pre-paid for us to be able to cast our cares to Him and be free from these anxieties.

He did this; and now, we can live in freedom.

We don't have to bear our anxieties. We don't have to live in that punishment anymore because of the sins we couldn't pay for. He paid the debt for our sins, He bore it for us when He died, so that we don't have to.

He did it because He loves us.

So when we tell Him about our burdens, we are NOT re-burdening Him. He has already been burdened once and for all so that we can come to Him free - free from guilt and shame. - Knowing that He wants us to come to Him and receive this free gift. And that He is GLAD to take the burdens for us. So we can come before God with no guilt or shame, we don't have to feel guilty for burdening Him even then on the cross. We didn't make Him do it, we didn't force Him to do it, and He didn't have to do it,- but He did it because He loves us. It's a free gift to us that He wants us so badly to receive, that He died so that someday we might claim our free prize. We did nothing to earn it, nothing to deserve it, -He did. And He just wants to share His prize with us, -because of His love. It always ends with His Love. You ask why would He do this? And the answer is always going to be the same - because of Love. He is Love.

Lord Have Your Way in Me

We do not live or speak on our own authority, remember, but we are representing our Father — the one who sent us. "As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world." John 17:18
We are not part of this world (John 17:14)
— So we will not follow the rules of this world
(Colossians 2:20).
But we will do whatever the LORD commands us to do. 
We do what He says because we love him (John 14:23).
— Because we know that we are sure, that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6).
And we can even believe this not just because He has said these things, but we can believe it because we are witnesses that is it all true! (John 14:11)
We have seen and experienced it for ourselves!

There is no other way besides Jesus, that brings us a life of truth.
Nothing is truth but Jesus, that will clearly show us the way to life.
There is no such thing as life without Jesus, because only He is the truth that can light the way. 

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:11

How Jesus Loves You

He is patient with me. He is kind to me. He does not envy others over me. He doesn't boast about me—about the things I've done. He is not prideful about me or does not brag about me.  He does not dishonor me (bring shame or disgrace on me). He does not think of His best interest first, but what's in my best interest above His own. He does not get angry with me easily. He keeps no record of my wrongs. It does not bring Him delight to see evil come upon me, but He rejoices when I am able to see the truth. He always protects me. He always has a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, and strength that He has in Himself for me. He always has excitement and expectation in Himself for me and my life. He always holds on to me and never lets me go even through the toughest storms and most difficult times. He never fails to bring about all the goodness in my life that He desires and has planned for me.


1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV)
⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸ Love never fails.