"Cast"

Here we are entering a new month.  We have already been in quarantine for three weeks and looking to spend the entire month of April doing the same. Waking up this morning, I had a moment of dread.  I didn't want to get out of bed because maybe, just maybe, if I stayed in bed all of this quarantine and virus stuff would be a really bad dream!

Thinking about the next month may make you feel overwhelmed...I mean 30 days is A LOT of days!  Maybe it makes you feel tired thinking of all the things that you will need to do...cooking LOTS of meals...cleaning and then more cleaning...working from home while homeschooling your children... trying to figure out how to entertain your kid(dos).  Maybe you are feeling worried...wondering if today is the day you or a loved one will catch this virus...wondering if you or your spouse will have a job at the end of the day.  

SO much worry and fear can consume our thoughts.  It is exactly what the enemy wants us to do.  If we are focused on our worry and fear, then we can't be focused on God and His sovereignty.

I am SO thankful that the Lord doesn't leave us in places of desperation, but instead He gives us HOPE! This morning, I came across Psalm 55:22.

As I read this verse, I see we are commanded to cast our cares...our worries...our fears...our overwhelmed feelings...our fussiness...our tiredness unto the the Lord.  And the promise we can cling to is HE will sustain us through it all.  SUSTAIN...to give support or relief to...to supply nourishment...to take the weight of something!!  Look at those definitions of HOPE!!  And the outcome of casting our cares unto the Lord...HE will never let us be shaken!!

We have ONE thing to do to be able to cling to that promise and that is to cast our cares to the Lord.  CAST...to discard...to throw off or away...to get rid of.  If we cast our cares, then HE will do the rest! 

I pray that this post encourages you to cast your cares to the Lord.  Maybe you need a hands-on activity to do.  Grab some pieces of paper.  Write your cares on the paper. Then cast them to the Lord.  Another option, stand in front of the mirror with your palms open and faced up to Heaven.  One-by-one name your worry or fear...cast them unto the Lord.  And walk away knowing that the Lord will sustain you and you will not be shaken!