DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 6; Ezekiel 8-9; John 2:1-22
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Peter had often cast his net and in so doing, always maintained a hold on it so that he could draw it back again. But here Peter uses a different word for “casting.” It means “to cast upon”—they cast and let go (as in Luke 19:35). In life’s experience how often we cast our care and, like the fisherman, hold on, reluctant to let go! The sweetness of the promise, “He careth for you” is known and cherished best by those who cast and leave their care with Him. —J. Strahan
Oh! Leave it all with Jesus, drooping soul.
Tell not half the story, but the whole,
Worlds and worlds are hanging on His hand,
Life and death are waiting His command;
Yet His tender bosom makes thee room—O, come home! —Ellen H. Willis