## What to do with life’s cares.

## I Peter 5:7

Here is a very short verse, but one that is filled with many truths and blessings for the child of God. Today I want us to see three things from this verse.

I. You Are In This Verse.

A. Casting all your care upon Him.

1. So much in this world is impersonal

2. We live in an age of bigness and numbers

3. Social Security, insurance policies, credit cards,

4. Product codes, scanners, and computers.

5. Much of this foreshadows the day when the Antichrist will assign every person a number and require it for anyone to buy and sell.

B. But God still knows you as an individual.

1. God doesn’t keep track of His own by cosmic computers.

2. He knows His own by name.

John 10:3, "To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out."

C. Jesus always took time for the individual.

1. Zacchaeus and his hiding in the tree.

2. The woman who touched the hem of His garment.

3. The children: He laid His hands on them and

4. prayed for them.

5. Even those who were demon-possessed.

6. God has time for you!

II. Your cares are in this verse.

A. Casting all your care upon Him.

B. There are many kinds of cares.

1. Cares about your family.

2. Cares about finances, the future, personal health, and the health of others.

3. Cares about world conditions, hunger, war, and poverty.

B. Every care that you are carrying is in this verse.

C. Cares are roadblocks to blessings.

D. With cares removed we can experience the joy of the Lord.

E. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

Nehemiah 8:10, "Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

III. Jesus is in this verse.

A. Casting all your care upon HIM . . . HE CARETH FOR YOU.

B. No one understands like Jesus.

C. "Does Jesus care when our heart is broken?" He cares!

D. "Who cares when our heart is weary?" He cares!

E. He waits to take all your cares

CONCLUSION:

Do you wonder if He cares? Then go to Calvary! The One who cared enough to save us will care for all our cares.