Let Go

Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

 

That night I woke up multiple times with this verse going through my mind. I didn’t know why, and I still don’t.

It has been a stressful couple of months. First the symptoms driving him to the doctor, emergency room and the specialist. Then the verdict, ‘You need a biopsy.’ We were leaving for Austria in 2 days so the biopsy was scheduled for 2 weeks after we returned – 1 month from the day we knew he needed one.

It was a great trip and a wonderful visit with family. The only pall overshadowing the trip was the knowledge that it could be his last.

With the biopsy came a diagnosis leading to surgery. Cancer is never welcome – It sneaks in subtly, insidiously, when you least expect it, inconvenient, uninvited and unwelcomed. Surgery was scheduled and performed. A 2 day hospital stay turned into 6. Afterwards a favorable pathology report gave us the best possible news, the cancer was non-invasive. Some preventive life-style changes were recommended and frequent follow-up visits would keep us apprised of any recurrence. No chemo would be needed!

So now why, after all that and with him recuperating at home, did I find myself wakeful with 1 Peter 5:7 running through my mind?

The very next morning the verse of the day popped up on my phone screen and guess what it was? Yes, 1 Peter 5:7! It almost made me laugh out loud.

I looked up the word “cast.”  Then I looked up the verse to get its context.

The previous verse reads, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”

Ok, Lord, I get the message. It is only in rolling my burdens on you, letting loose of them by throwing them onto the shoulders of the God of the universe and not trying to handle things on my own, that I can come in complete humility and dependency acknowledging your sovereignty over every single area of my life.

Every. Single. Area.

And when I do, when I let go and stop carrying burdens myself, I find your strength sustaining me and I can rest.

Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:22