“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” I
Peter 5:7
Honestly, that seems a little far-fetched to me… doesn’t
that seem far-fetched to you? I mean,
think about it! Think about that crazy
claim! God cares… for you!
We’re talking about the one responsible for creating a universe
so vast, so expansive we simply can’t begin to comprehend it. Scientists tell us that the “observable”
universe is 46 billion light years in radius.
That’s pretty big!
And yet, according to this ancient writer, the one
responsible for the creation of this universe (we refer to this entity as “God”)
not only knows of the existence of one human being on one very small planet in
one small solar system in one galaxy in that vast universe (which could be one
among many), God cares. God cares for
you!
So how could anyone be expected to believe something that
unbelievable? Who would ever, even for
one moment, entertain the thought that it could be true? It just feels so…well…far-fetched!
But what if it is…true?
This morning I spent some time meditating on that verse. I sometimes have doubts like everyone else,
but the longer I meditated on that verse the more convinced I became that it must be true. This morning it kept reverberating through my
mind (and some part of my being that is capable of knowing better than my mind).
The audacious thing this writer claimed simply could not possibly be
untrue!
Think about it! It’s
just too beautiful to not be true!
If the universe came into existence through the intentional
creative work of an entity we call God, and if that God envisioned “human beings”
and possessed the mind and heart to make that dream a reality, then would it
not be impossible for that God, with that mind and heart, to not care about every single one of those
human beings?
Think about it! It’s
just too beautiful to not be true! God
is just too beautiful for it to not be true!
So here we are, 2000 years after Peter wrote these words and
I’m inviting you to embrace the possibility that it must be true.
For a few moments let this thought sink deep into your
spiritual psyche. God cares for
you! Then, in the cosmic wake of such a
beautiful thought cast your anxiety on him.
Go ahead. You can do it. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares
for you.
