Throwing Vs Casting

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word

 

1Pe 5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

We have a small group of people who gather every Tuesday night for an hour of prayer at my home church. The immediate goal is to learn some things that God’s Word teaches us about prayer and of course to implement what we have been taught in our daily lives.

 

This week, we will be learning about God’s gracious invitation to cast our burdens onto Him as we learn from this verse in 1 Peter.

 

First of all, we need to know about casting, I think that the word casting  needs to be clarified. Fishermen cast their line into the water, but they don’t leave it there. They retrieve it, over and over again.

 

In that sense, “casting” is the perfect word  for many. We cast our burdens onto the Lord then reel them back in, time after time after time.

 

According to my “Strong’s Concordance though, the word used for casting means “throwing.” Do you see the difference? Put a football or baseball in your hand and throw it. It’s not a throw until you release it from your hand.

 

Think of your cares, your burdens as a ball. Throw them at Jesus confident that He will catch them and bear them with you. He said, in Mt 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

 30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

 

Let Him help you ease the burden and give your concerns a rest.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word