Casting all of our cares upon the Lord
1 Peter 5:7 says we're to cast all of our cares upon the Lord.
How often don't we, though?
We certainly cast some of our cares on the Lord, but He wants us to cast all of them on Him.
That's very comforting. It even seems miraculous. All the burdens that we're carrying, He wants to take them from us. But it's hard for us to give them over to Him, since in the natural we worry and feel like we're facing things all alone.
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So let's review the definition of the word all, a simple word we've probably known practically our entire lives.
All (Dictionary.com)
adjective
the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration):
all the cake; all the way; all year.the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively):
all students.
All of our cares, every last one, the Lord wants us to cast on Him, because He cares for us.
This is not some sort of poor translation from the original Greek, either.
The original word used in the text is pas, which also means "all" or "every."
pas: all, every
Original Word: πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: pas
Phonetic Spelling: (pas)
Short Definition: all, the whole, every kind of
Definition: all, the whole, every kind of.
http://biblehub.com/greek/3956.htm
So the Lord truly wants us to cast all of our cares on Him.
And let's also look at the word cast.
Original Word: ἐπιρρίπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epiriptó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ir-hrip'-to)
Short Definition: I throw upon, cast upon
Definition: I throw (cast) (upon), as of cares.
http://biblehub.com/greek/1977.htm
Cast means to throw upon, as if our cares were hot potatoes that we should try to get out of our hands as quickly as possible before we burn ourselves.
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So not only does our Heavenly Father want us to give Him all of our cares, but He wants us to thrown them on Him, quickly, and without worrying if He can handle them. He can and will, because He cares for us.
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