Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous be shaken.
-- Psalm 55:22
A time of open sharing at church today seemed very much to me like 'casting our cares' on the Lord. I've often read this through a lens of cause and effect. Like, 'if' we cast our cares on God, 'then' He will care for us.
But we tend to be too much either / or, while God seems to be much more both / and. God says He will sustain us, so...why wouldn't we cast our cares on Him? He promises not to let us be shaken, especially in the ways we fear most. God wants us to go to Him with our concerns...because He WILL sustain us.
