Mar 3 - 1 Peter 5.7

Cast all your anxiety on him,

because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

You have made

the Lord your refuge.

Psalm 91:9

I've told you before that currently my scripture verses are sent to me in pairs. I couldn't decide which to pick for today ... because they actually fit perfectly together.

Fear is one of the most debilitating emotions in our lives. The voice of heaven in scripture tells us not to fear or worry. Here, of course, Peter tells us to "cast all [our] anxiety on [God]."

Why? Because if God created this whole wide world, he's more than big enough to handle whatever you might consider to be big. He loves, forgives, helps, heals, and blesses.

That's a good verse ... but it's better when paired with Psalm 91.

This Psalm doesn't say that God is our refuge -- although he certainly is. Rather it says that peace and protection come when "you have made the Lord your refuge."

It's like a farmer in olden days. An enemy army appears over the horizon. The farmer can stay and fight with his shovel ... or he can run to the castle and seek refuge behind fortress walls and with the king.

As the good king welcomes the streams of peasants into the castle, he says, "You have made [king and castle] your refuge. Cast all your anxiety on [me]."

God says the same to you, of course. Are you making him your refuge and trusting him with your burdens?

In Christ's Love,

a poor begger 

in the glorious castle

of the true and only king