Sometimes there are older words I like a lot better than newer words. The old word ‘careful’ is one of those words. The old sense of the word is ‘full of cares.’ We use worried or anxious or something like that. None of them seem to have the sense of careful.
Because of difference in word meanings it is possible for us to say ‘don’t be careless but don’t be care-ful.’ The point is that God’s people should not be full of cares. That sounds great, but it preaches A LOT easier than it lives in days like this. The world is in a pure panic – and it is really hard to avoid it. This virus is hard to deal with. While we should not be careless about it – we should also not be burdened down with care.
We are the offer to cast all our cares (which means it is normal to have them) because He cares for us. Carrying those cares around does us no good. The only way to cast off those fears is by ‘prayer and supplication with thanksgiving’ letting our requests be made known unto God.
Then, once we have given Him our cares with a spirit of thanksgiving we can trust that the peace of God can rule in our hearts and minds.
To many of us try to overthink things, especially problems. That only compounds the problems. It is as simple as praying and asking and thanking and then casting those cares on Him.
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