“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”<\/em> – 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n You were never meant to carry the full weight of your life alone. Worry tries to convince you that if you think and plan hard enough, you can control outcomes. God\u2019s invitation is different: cast your cares on Him, because He genuinely cares for you.<\/p>\n Casting your cares is not a vague, spiritual-sounding idea. It is a deliberate act of taking what is heavy on your heart and entrusting it to God. Sometimes you will have to do this repeatedly for the same issue, and that repetition is not failure, it is training your heart to rely on Him.<\/p>\n As you practice this, you may find that your circumstances don\u2019t always change immediately, but your internal posture does. Instead of being crushed under the weight of \u201cwhat if,\u201d you begin to rest in the reality of \u201cGod is with me and for me.\u201d His shoulders are broad enough to carry what you cannot.<\/p>\n Lord, I choose to cast my cares on You today. You know the things that keep me up at night. I release them into Your hands and ask You to carry what I cannot. Thank You that You care for me. Amen.<\/p>\n Take 5 minutes, list your top three worries, and then pray over each one: \u201cLord, I cast this care onto You. I trust You with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Key Scripture: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Reflection: You were never meant to carry the full weight of your life alone. Worry tries to convince you that if you think and plan hard enough, you can control outcomes. God\u2019s invitation is different: cast your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotionals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reflection:<\/h5>\n
Prayer:<\/h5>\n
Today\u2019s Action Step:<\/h5>\n