“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” - 1 Peter 5:7
Anxiety is not merely a modern phenomenon. When Peter wrote to Christians scattered and suffering, he knew that worry gnaws at faith. The call to “cast all your anxieties on him” is not an invitation to pretend life is fine. It is an invitation to trust that Christ’s care is deeper than our fear.
Peter’s command is profoundly humbling. Just before this verse, he writes, “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.” Faith casts its cares because it has surrendered its self-reliance. Pride clings to control; faith releases it into the hands that were pierced for us. The gospel alone makes such surrender possible, because in the cross we see that God’s “mighty hand” is not against us but for us. The One who bore our sins also bears our sorrows.
This promise does not remove suffering, nor does it baptize passivity. Rather, it reshapes how we live under God’s care. Pastors, teachers, and servants in Christ’s church often bear quiet burdens: congregational struggles, family pressures, the ache of their own inadequacy. Yet the Lord who called you still cares for you. His care is not abstract comfort but active grace: He forgives, sustains, and finally exalts the lowly in due time.
So, brothers and sisters, cast your anxieties on him — not because you are strong enough to let go, but because Christ is strong enough to hold you.
