He Cares For You

Casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV

Anxiety is heavy.

It sits like a rock on your chest, making it difficult to breathe, hard to think, and impossible to find joy. It keeps your head down, eyes focused on the what ifs of today and the regrets of yesterday. It is painful and unwanted, and yet it takes over our hearts and our minds so easily.

It feels impossible to carry, as if it is too heavy for us, and yet so many times we brace ourselves and trudge on with our anxieties held tight as we struggle to take another step.

And the thing is, it feels too heavy because we were never designed to be the ones to carry it. We were meant to give each heavy burden of fear and worry and doubt to the One who cares for us.

I know the truth is that He desires to carry my anxieties for me, but I tend to hesitate. Sometimes I think that God must be ashamed of my anxieties, frustrated at the fears and worries that weigh me down, disappointed that I cannot carry these burdens myself, but that is so far from true.

He knows our human heart is prone to worry, and in 1 Peter, He beckons us to simply give those anxieties to Him. He doesn’t say don’t ever have anxiety, don’t ever worry. He doesn’t chastise for the fear. He tells us to let Him carry them, because He cares about us. He cares about the things we care about. He cares about the heaviness of heart that the burdens bring. And He knows that He can carry it all.

He is not weak. He is not frail. He is more than strong enough to carry each fear we bring.

So if today, anxiety is so heavy you feel like you might not be able to take your next breath, please try giving it to my Jesus, because He cares for you.