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Introduction.........................................................vii

1. Can I Really Live Like That? ..............................1

2. Humble Yourself.................................................9

3. Casting All Your Care Upon Him ....................23

4. How to Cast Your Care Upon Him ..................45

5. The Adversary ..................................................63

6. Steadfast in the Faith .......................................79

7. Suffer a While ..................................................93

8. What We Are to Do During the Time

of Faith ...........................................................115

9. The Results of Living Through the Time

of Faith ...........................................................129

Bibliography.......................................................151

At one time or another, all Christians seem to bechallenged by the matter of casting our cares on theLord. Though we may often feel our circumstances areunique and that what we are experiencing is more diffi-cult than what others are facing, it is true that we allhave cares and that nothing is impossible with God.These principles are clearly laid out for us in Scripture.

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as iscommon to man: but God is faithful, who will not sufferyou to be tempted above that ye are able; but will withthe temptation also make a way to escape, that ye maybe able to bear it.“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.”—

I Cor. 10:13, 14.

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverstemptations; “Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh

patience. “But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may

be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”—Jas. 1:2–4.

We all struggle with temptations that try our faith.In fact, any type of trying is a temptation only if it putspressure on our faith. The temptation brings us to a pointwhere we must decide if God is real, trustworthy and ableto supply the need or if we should trust ourselves to deal

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with the situation. God wants us to “believe that he is,and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seekhim” (Heb. 11:6). We tend to trust what we can seerather than “him who is invisible” (vs. 27).

The way we react to the temptation reveals the con-dition of our faith in God. If we continue to obey Godwhen temptation comes, then the pressure reveals thatour trust is in God. If, when we are tempted, we leavethe path to which God has called us and take our ownroute to solve the problem, we prove that our posturetoward God is not one of true faith at all. The just are tolive by faith. We are not to succumb to the sin of idolatryand worship the mindless idols of this world. Rather, weare to trust the everlasting arms of God.

God allows trials to enter our lives for the purpose ofmolding us into the image of Christ. Sadly, we oftenallow these trials to overwhelm and defeat us. Instead ofcasting our cares on the Lord and learning to live byfaith, we try to carry these burdens on our own. Ourfaith is in ourselves or, at least, in ourselves more thanin God. Over and over we fight this battle, and over andover the burdens prove to be more than we can handle.God intended them to be that way so that we wouldlook to Him.

If God allows us to handle our burdens on our own,He is actually teaching us to trust in ourselves ratherthan in Him. If God allows us to handle our burdens wellwithout Him, He is teaching us to displease Him, whichmakes no sense. How is that? “Without faith it is impos-sible to please him” (Heb. 11:6). If God teaches us tohave faith in ourselves rather than faith in Him, He isteaching us to displease Himself.

In fact, anything that is not of faith is sin (Rom.14:23). So if God were teaching us to trust in ourselves

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“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto theelder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and beclothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, andgiveth grace to the humble. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand

of God, that he may exalt you in due time: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for

you.“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the

devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whomhe may devour:“Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the

same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren thatare in the world.”—I Pet. 5:5–9.

It Is No Surprise to GodA preacher once said, “Has it ever occurred to you

that nothing ever occurs to God?” There are many caresand concerns in our daily lives that can overwhelm us.Those burdens can wear us out and break us down. Yetthe Lord knows what they are, and He knew they werecoming before they ever came.

God is already in the future where He sees us com-ing. Our future is in God’s past. He knows what we aregoing to face and the cares that are before us. God is inthe process of doing a good work in the hearts of Hispeople, and He said that He is going to perform it until

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the day of Jesus Christ. This work, like any other work,may require some straining.

God wants us to see Him work in our lives. We needto see God lift our burdens because He wants us to seeHim lift them. The problem is that many folks never seeGod lift their burdens because they do not understandthe simple process of how to cast their burdens on Him.

God clearly tells us to cast our cares on Him, and yetthe task seems elusive. Casting our cares upon the Lordbegins with casting our sins upon Him and receiving thegift of salvation. Though every Christian has done that,there are so many who yet fear to cast the cares of theirdaily lives upon God.

My heart breaks when I see folks (especially those whoare saved and attend church regularly) who live under theburden of their cares. I heard that a preacher once askeda man how he was doing, and the man answered, “Oh,I’m doing okay under the circumstances.”

The preacher responded, “Well, what are you doingdown there?”

We Have a Choice

We all live in the context of circumstances, and wealways will, but we do not have to live under the circum-stances. I am not necessarily brokenhearted when peoplehave burdens in their lives, because God allows burdensinto our lives to make us strong. God allows into ourlives those things that He considers best for us. However,when folks allow those burdens to push them away fromGod rather than to draw them closer to God, it breaksmy heart.

Burdens can make a marriage or a family strong, orthey can tear a marriage or a family apart. It all dependson whether we allow the burdens to push us away from

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God or to convince us to get closer to God. The same sunthat melts butter hardens bricks. The sun is no different.The difference is in our response.

Those in ministry need to make a similar choicewhen difficulties arise. Over the years, many pastors andother Christian servants have allowed the burdens of theministry to conquer them because they did not cast suchcares upon the Lord. They may have even viewed a bur-den as a sign that God was telling them their ministrywas over and they should move on, when in fact Godmay have actually been in the process of developingthem so that they would be prepared to take the min-istry to a new and greater height.

Religion or a Relationship?

Though we Christians have a Shepherd, we often liveas though we have no one to help carry our burdens.Some folks come to church hoping that getting religiousis going to lift their burdens, but religion is not going todo it. Religion actually lays more burdens on a person.Matthew 23:1–4 says,

“Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disci-ples,“Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’

seat: “All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that

observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for theysay, and do not.“For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be

borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they them-selves will not move them with one of their fingers.”

Again, in Luke 11:46, the Lord says, “Woe unto youalso, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievousto be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdenswith one of your fingers.”

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“Lawyers” here are not what we think of when wespeak of lawyers. Jesus is talking about men who studiedthe law of God and went about trying to establish thelaw by telling folks what all they must do in order tohave eternal life and God’s blessings. They were teachinga lie.

Some people think that because they do everythingaccording to the law, they will not have burdens andcares. That is not the truth because there are somethings that God can teach us only through the burdens.Because God loves us, He is going to give us burdens.What we do with the burdens determines the outcome.

What we need in our lives is not cold religion. Whatwe need is a real relationship with God, our heavenlyFather. True faith in God lifts the burdens.

Besides, even if law-keeping could eliminate trials,the fact is that no one can keep the whole law; and“whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend inone point, he is guilty of all” (Jas. 2:10). Therefore, every-one is going to have some burdens.

“That Mean Old Shepherd”

Matthew 11:28–30 tells us,

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am

meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto yoursouls. “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Jesus did not say that we would never have burdens.He said, ‘Those of you who have burdens, bring them toMe.’ When we by faith allow Jesus to be our Shepherd,things change.

Psalm 23:1–4 says:

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“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he

leadeth me beside the still waters. “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness for his name’s sake. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow

of death, I will fear no evil: [Why?] for thou art withme; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

The rod and the staff are what the shepherd uses toprod the sheep into going where they need to go. Doyou think that the sheep like it when the shepherd givesa poke here and a poke there?

The Good Shepherd gives a burden here and a bur-den there; sometimes even a bruise or two may occur,but that is what is needed to keep the sheep alive andwell. That is what pushes them over to the still watersand makes them lie down in green pastures. Sometimeswe just do not know what is good for us, and our Shep-herd must goad us to the right spot.

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence ofmine enemies,” says verse 5. David does not say thereare no enemies. He says there are definitely enemies, butin the presence of those enemies, God prepares a table.He provides and cares for His sheep.

“Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days

of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”—Vss. 5,6.

I am going to live in the presence of the Lord bothhere and in eternity.

How do you learn to live in faith? How do you keepfrom drowning in the destruction and perdition of despairand foolish and hurtful lusts? How does one actually go

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about truly casting his care upon God? How can he inreality be careful for nothing but have the peace thatpasses all understanding keeping his heart and mindthrough Christ Jesus?

How Do We Cast Our Care on Him?

Cast Your Care Humbly

In I Peter 5:5, 6 we read,

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto theelder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and beclothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, andgiveth grace to the humble. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand

of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”

As has been mentioned previously, we must firstadmit that, without God, we cannot handle all that theworld throws at us. In fact, we must admit that, withoutGod, His instructions and His power, we cannot cor-rectly handle anything that the world throws at us.

Matthew 26:31–35 tells how Peter proudly claimedhe would stand by Jesus until death, but in a few hourshe was denying he ever knew Jesus. We trust too muchin our own abilities and personal fortitude. We have noidea how weak we really are.

Without God we can do nothing. We must beclothed in humility. God says that the way to be pre-pared to do the job of casting all your care upon Him isby putting on the proper attire of humility. We need tounderstand, remember and live by the rule in I Peter 5:5that tells us that ‘God resists the proud and gives graceto the humble.’ I do not want to be resisted by God. Iwant to be as far away from being prideful as I can. Iwant to be as far away from those who are prideful as

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possible so that I do not learn their ways.

Stay as far away from pride as possible.

“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with afurious man thou shalt not go: “Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy

soul.”—Prov. 22:24, 25.

I remember that when I was in school there werealways a few boys who just lived to get into trouble.Sometimes I could see trouble coming. I also knew thatthe teacher could not always discern who the real trou-blemakers were, and chances were that anyone who wasnearby where the problem occurred was going to getinto trouble too. Therefore, since I did not want to be“resisted” by the authorities, I decided to get as far awayfrom the prideful ones as possible. I did not want to belumped in with the rest of them. I ran away from thearea as far as possible.

You can call me “chicken” if you want, but I did nothave to stay after school for detention. Besides, the Lordsays to obey the powers that be. I thought I would trustHis Word, fear Him and allow Him to work out theresults rather than fear those boys. God gives grace tothe humble.

The answer to our problems starts in our own hearts.Perhaps the biggest hurdle that we must jump in order tocast our cares on the Lord is to admit we need the Lord.

I was counseling someone concerning casting hiscares on Him, and this person mentioned that he did notwant to bother God with the “little things.” I remindedhim that not to cast his care on the Lord means that hebelieves he is as good as God in dealing with the need.An attitude such as that is an idolatrous sin with theChristian himself placed on the throne of his life.

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Are you willing to humble yourself before God?

Cast Your Cares Purposefully

Purposefully cast your care on God.

First Peter 5:6–8 says,

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty handof God, that he may exalt you in due time: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for

you.“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the

devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whomhe may devour.”

“I Guess I Do”

We need to cast our cares onto God on purpose,knowing full well what we are doing. We need to bedeliberate about the act.

What would you think if you were standing at themarriage altar and the preacher said to your spouse-to-be, “Do you take this person to be your lawful weddedspouse; to have and to hold from this day forward, forbetter and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sicknessand in health, to love and to cherish until death do youpart,” and your intended responded, “Oh…uh…. yeah…whatever he said”? I would be wondering if she hadreally considered the state into which she was gettingherself. I would want my spouse-to-be deliberately tochoose to promise herself to me. Marriage is not a deci-sion that can be taken lightly.

Sometimes we give our cares to God in a halfheartedmanner: “Yeah…Lord…uh…just take care of…uh…allthe needs…uh…oh, yeah,…thanks.”

I know that there are times when we do not know for

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what we should pray and we must rely on the Lord tocare for the need. “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth ourinfirmities: for we know not what we should pray for aswe ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for uswith groanings which cannot be uttered” (Rom. 8:26).

On the other hand, the casting of our cares is notsome nonchalant token of religious piety, patronizingan egotistical force somewhere in the heavens. Thisshould be a heartfelt cry to the One who is called “Won-derful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6). God “ever livethto make intercession for” us (Heb. 7:25). When we haveno idea what to do or for what we should pray, we canhonestly and wholly give our needs to a merciful Godand trust Him for the best results. Even then, we are pur-posefully casting our cares on Him.

We are to cast our cares on the Lord purposefully andwillfully. Cast your cares on purpose and make sure thecasting of the cares onto the Lord is accomplished fullyand completely.

“Be Sober”

First Peter 5:8 tells us to “be sober” and to “be vigi-lant.” Within the context of this verse, about what are wesupposed to be sober and vigilant? We are supposed to besober and vigilant about casting our cares on the Lord.

Sober means “with full mental capacities, anunclouded perspective, watchful, alert, in full control ofone’s faculties.” When one must make important deci-sions in life, he wants to do so with a clear mind. Oftenin creating a will, people will begin with the statement,“Being of sound mind and body, I hereby bequeath…atmy decease.” One does not want to take the distributionof all his worldly goods lightly and flippantly.

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I am not going to take my wallet and turn it over tojust anyone. That which is in our wallets could be usedto make or break us. Everything that we are in this worldcan often be found in that little purse. Our legal identitycan often be stolen when that wallet is taken.

If we are going to entrust someone with our valu-ables, we should want to be deliberate, knowing full wellto whom we are entrusting our worldly goods. When wecast our cares on the Lord, we need to be saying, “I amplacing my well-being into the hands of the living God.”Psalm 37:5 says, “Commit [hand over] thy way unto theLORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”This is a deliberate act that begins in the heart.

It Is a Matter of the Heart

Our salvation is not just the mental acceptance ofsome information or a head knowledge or mental assentto some facts of history. Salvation happens in the heart.When we cast the care of our eternal soul on the Lord forsalvation, we do so in the heart. Romans 10:10 tells us,“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.”

The same is true when we are casting all our othercares on the Lord. There may come a day when I ameven more senile than I am now. I may say to my son,“Son, I give you power of attorney over my estate. Takecare of my well-being because you can do a better job ofoversight than I.” We need to say to God, “Lord, on pur-pose I am giving You power of attorney over the cares inmy life.” Then, following the directions of God’s Word,we do as He tells us to do.

“Be Vigilant”

Peter says that we are to “be vigilant,” which means“to keep awake; to be cognizant.” This is not some non-chalant decision. This is a sober, fully awake action. We

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need to be fully aware about what is going on around usand protect ourselves by purposefully casting our caresonto Him who can deal with them. If we are not sober,serious, diligent and purposeful about casting our careson Him, we will be overwhelmed by the cares. We canlose sight of the promises of God and soon fall into thepit of fear and despair.

Casting your cares upon God is not crossing your fin-gers and chanting, “I hope, I hope, I hope” or “I think Ican, I think I can, I think I can.” That is just childishsuperstition and vain repetitions (Matt. 6:7). This is notwishing upon a star. This is not a “Now I lay me downto sleep” type of prayer. This is not a “God is good; Godis great; thank You for the food we just ate” type ofprayer. It is not even faith in faith. This is turning your-self over to God.

Turn It Over to God

Turning your cares over to God is like turning yourcar over to the mechanic. You hand the keys to themechanic and say, “You take care of it, and I’ll see youat the end of the day.” We need to give our care to Godand say, “It’s in Your hands, God, and I’ll see You at theend of the day.” We are saying, “Lord, here is my life;when You are finished with it, I’ll see You in Heavenwhen day is done.”

Turning your cares over to God is like having surgery.We do not get up in the middle of the operation and say,“Oops, I changed my mind.” No, we have turned our-selves over to the doctor and said, “Doc, I’m in yourhands, and I am trusting you.” If we expect things toturn out well, as the doctor desires, we cannot stop himin the middle of the procedure. Stopping the surgeon inthe midst of the process will not bring good results. Wewill be worse off than before.

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Yet we often stop God in the midst of His process.The doctor is only a man; but the Great Physician inHeaven says, “Turn your cares over to Me and then takeyour hands off them.”

You Are Not the Only One

Sometimes our excuse for taking things into our ownhands is that we believe that we are the only ones goingthrough such difficult times, or that we are goingthrough more difficult things than anyone else, or thatour situation is totally unique. Peter has an answer tothat objection as well. First Peter 5:9 says, “Whom [theDevil] resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the sameafflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are inthe world.”

You are not the only one who has to put up with dif-ficult times and situations. Our brethren who are in theworld all have to go through these same afflictions. Godis working in all of our lives, though maybe in differentmanners or with more or less intensity as is needed foreach person. Some folks just think they have it harderthan others. We all experience cares in our lives.

First Corinthians 10:13, 14 says,

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as iscommon to man: but God is faithful, who will not sufferyou to be tempted above that ye are able; but will withthe temptation also make a way to escape, that ye maybe able to bear it. “Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.”

The temptations that you are experiencing are com-mon to man.

Are You Your Own Idol?

Often the “way to escape” that God is providing is

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for us simply to ‘cast our care upon Him, for He cares forus.’ First Corinthians 10:14 says we are to “flee from idol-atry.” We need to stop trusting in anything other thanGod. When we choose to handle our cares ourselvesrather than casting them on God, we are trusting selfover God; and that is idolatry. Every Christian in theworld is going through the same thing: God is trying ourfaith. God is working to accomplish things in all of ourlives. Be careful that you keep trusting in the promisesof God. Continue to cast all your care upon Him. Don’tallow the Devil to entice you to sin and entice you intotaking matters into your own hands.

Adam and Eve were guilty of taking matters into theirown hands. Satan said, “For God doth know that in theday ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, andye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:5).Adam and Eve decided that they would be better offtrusting their own wisdom rather than God’s wisdom.They became their own gods.

Purpose in Your Heart Now

There are some deliberate decisions about life that weneed to make. We should not allow ourselves to be takenoff guard by Satan’s roars. Right now, before we are facedwith a crisis, we need to purpose in our hearts that wewill not be sidetracked. We need to be as young Danielwho “purposed in his heart that he would not defilehimself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with thewine which he drank: therefore he requested of theprince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself”(Dan. 1:8).

We make many excuses for not doing as the Lordwants us to do, but people do what they want to do. Itis not that we cannot purpose in our hearts but that wewill not purpose in our hearts.

Psalm 40:4 tells us, “Blessed is that man that maketh[same word as ‘purposed’] the LORD his trust, andrespecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”

Again in Psalm 52:4–7 it says,

“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitfultongue.“God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take

thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, androot thee out of the land of the living. Selah. “The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall

laugh at him: “Lo, this is the man that made not [did not ‘purpose’

in his heart] God his strength; but trusted in the abun-dance of his riches, and strengthened himself in hiswickedness.”

We need to cast our cares on the Lord, on purpose,fully aware of what we are doing.

Cast Your Cares Prayerfully

Dwight Pentecost has said, “‘Prayer’ is utter depend-ence upon God.” Prayer is the placing of our faith in thepromises of God. The exercise of faith is action based ona promise or command of God. If God says to ‘ask andyou will receive,’ and we believe that promise, then wewill exercise faith in that promise by asking.

Praying is actually for us and not for God. We needto hear ourselves turning our cares over to God; andthen when God takes care of the need, we will knowGod did it. God does not need our prayers to remindHim of our needs. He knew before we were born whatour needs would be today. Isaiah 65:24 tells us, “Beforethey call, I will answer.” God, in His foreknowledge,already knows our future needs and knows whether wewill seek His help in prayer. He is already waiting in the

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future with the answer we need. So we need humbly,purposefully and prayerfully to cast our cares upon theLord, and He will exalt us in due time.

We are to give all things to God. We are to be contin-uously giving things over to God. This is the “pray with-out ceasing” part. We are to take the care and lay it onthe altar where the fire of God devours it.

Too often we take our cares to the altar at the end ofa service, but then we pick them back up and carry themback to the pew with us. Sometimes we give our cares tothe Lord on Sunday and then sometime later in theweek, when the pressure rises in our hearts, we go backto the church in our minds and pick the care back upagain. As soon as we feel ourselves starting to pick ourcare back up, we should pray and give it back to Godagain. We may find ourselves having to give that careback to God countless times in one day, even manytimes in one hour.

Philippians 4:5–7 tells us,

“Let your moderation [your steady, even, controlledlife] be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand [Godhas not gone anywhere; He is always available, justa prayer away].“Be careful for nothing [do not worry or be anx-

ious]; but in every thing by prayer and supplication withthanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. “And the peace of God, which passeth all under-

standing, shall keep your hearts and minds throughChrist Jesus.”

Why do we worry when we can pray?

“As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shallsave me.“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and

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cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. “He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle

that was against me: for there were many with me. “God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that

abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes,therefore they fear not God. “He hath put forth his hands against such as be at

peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. “The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,

but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil,yet were they drawn swords. “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain

thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. “But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit

of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live outhalf their days; but I will trust in thee.”—Ps. 55:16–23.

This is how we are to live out our faith. We humblyand purposefully give our cares to God in prayer. Thenwe go on about our business doing as God has com-manded us to do. This is not laziness, nor is it being irre-sponsible. Living like this is only difficult when we donot believe in the promises of God.

Not to cast your care upon God means that you thinkyou can handle it better than God. Maybe it means youare wanting the glory for the victory yourself. It maymean you do not believe God has the power to handleit or that you do not believe that God cares enough tohandle it. Finally, it may mean you are irresponsible andare not taking the time to give it to God.

We humble ourselves; then we purposefully andprayerfully throw the cares at Jesus’ feet with abandon;then we get up and go on about our lives living right-eously and uprightly according to God’s Word. When itis all said and done, “To him be glory and dominion for

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ever and ever. Amen” (I Pet. 5:11).

Summary1. Humble yourself.

a. Admit your need to cast your care on God.

b. Swallow your pride.

2. Purposefully cast your care on God.

Make a deliberate decision to cast your care onGod, being fully cognizant of what you are doing.

3. Prayerfully go ahead and throw your cares onJesus as often as you need to.

4. Then go on with your life living as God’s Wordsays we should.

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CHAPTER FOURIN REVIEW

• Although we have a Great Shepherd, we too oftenlive our lives as if we have no one to help us.

• We must humble ourselves; pride is what preventsus from casting our cares upon the Lord.

• Prayerfully and purposefully cast your cares uponGod.

• Then go on with your life doing what God hascalled you to do.

Questions on Which to Meditate

• Am I allowing my circumstances to draw me closerto God or to push me farther away from God?

• Do I take my burdens to the Lord?

• The solution to our problems starts with the heart:Do I have a prideful, willful heart or a heart that issubmissive to the will of God?

• Will I say, “Lord, I purpose now to fling all mycares and concerns on You”?

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