Casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you…. I Peter 5:7
“Up, up and away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon” … those are the words that came to mind during the middle of the night while thanking the Lord for such a beautiful and anointed weekend. The exercise conducted at the conclusion of our women’s conference was something to behold. You would have had to see it with the physical eye to grasp the powerfulness of the moment as we watched our balloons from different physical placements outside, unite and soar collectively in one direction as they left our hands along with our cares. One balloon appeared to be entangled permanently, however, it shook itself loose and hurriedly followed and caught the others. We were absolutely left in awe; crying and shouting aloud while thanking God for allowing us to experience not only a release but His glory in action!
As I thought about the topic and the scripture for this morning, it makes the suggestion to take action. Cast; to cast or casting means to deliberately throw, fling, discard or get rid of; all of which are action words. We cannot verbally say that we are going to give all of our cares, hurts and pains; our heartaches or our issues of the past and present without the act of actually giving them over to the Lord. Most of the time, we say that we have given them over when we really haven’t and we hold on to just alittle piece for whatever reason. We hear so often that we simply must let go and just have faith. Now, although it sounds easy enough, sometimes it’s a harder task to do, depending on how deeply rooted some of those cares may be. Some may take abit more getting in and digging up of those roots because they have become so entangled.
I love how Peter speaks on how persecution and suffering can cause either growth or bitterness and how our response (our attitudes towards) and our reaction determine our outcome or the results. And how we have to make a conscious effort to decide to give over that which has kept us hurting, that which has kept us bound, so that we can become lighter and fly as God intended. We have to declare that I am no longer going to be bound and then cast all of them unto the Lord! He is ready and waiting to receive them and relieve you of them so that you no longer have to carry the load. Lay aside every weight that keeps you bogged down; that keeps you tired and listless (Hebrews 12:1).
I realized long ago that the difference between letting go and giving up is the faith in “who” you are releasing to. Tell the Lord that you are releasing your hurts, your pains, your past, and that you are committed to casting all your cares right now; what ever they may be. Ask the Lord to help you to seek Him for guidance and allow Him to comfort your heart and ease your load. Let the Lord know you are tired and finished with carrying them.
Please know that we can go to the Lord individually to talk and release everything to Him. He is reachable, obtainable, and always ready to listen. Hebrews 4:15-16, tells us “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” So cast your cares and release them to the Lord. Give it ALL to you today Lord because you’ll want to be free in order to journey with Him. You’ll want to be light for this wonderful flight in Jesus!
I am still as high as those beautiful pink balloons; free from my cares, free from my worries and concerns that took flight unto the heavens that afternoon. Up, up and away!
Now, watch me soar!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
Cynde
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