“Cast … Cast Not…”

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. —1 Peter 5:7

Cast not away therefore your confidence… —Hebrews 19:35

There things we should to cast away, but one thing we should never cast away. Too often we cast away our confidence and carry all our care! God wants us to cast all our cares and burdens upon Him and be careful for nothing (Phil. 4:6). Instead we encumber ourselves with many things that distract us from being occupied with Him.

If we can let Him take care of our problems while we attend to His work, we shall find our hearts free from that friction that cuts down our service to such a bare minimum. We get so little done for Him because most of our time and energy go into carrying what God asked us to cast on Him. And our confidence, the one thing that will keep us going, we cast away.

You keep your confidence: He’ll keep your cares!