Care Carriers

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. - 1 Peter 5v7

Why is it that we tend to be care carriers instead of care casters? We seem bound and determined to carry our own cares, even when God tells us to be ‘careful’ for nothing. Literally, we are not to be full of cares, but we let ourselves get overwhelmed by them. Care carrying seems to be a full time profession.

That is somewhat sad when we consider that we have the perfect care carrier who has offered to carry the load for us. ‘Come unto me all who are heavy laden and I will give you rest’ Jesus said. There is no one who cares more for us than Jesus. We all know that, but why do we have such a problem practicing it?

I think the problem is that we often think that we are the ones who can do the best job of carrying our cares. Our pride makes us think that we can do a better job of dealing with the things that we are concerned about.

Jesus already cares for us. Why are we so determined to share the care load with Him?