Do you ever doubt God's care for you? Do you ever wonder, when everything seems to be going downhill in your life, if God is paying attention at all? If He is doing anything about it? If He really truly sees and cares about the pain in your life? I think we've all been there. Even if we won't voice it, we probably, as believers, have felt it in our hearts. At times we can feel all alone in our sorrow, or our pain or our trial. It looks like all is hopeless and all that is left is to expect the worst, with no help, it seems, from God.
1 Peter 5:6-7
(6) Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
(7) casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
(Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) 6 Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you,
7 Casting the [c]whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, [d]once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you [e]watchfully.
Ironside:
“He careth for you.” It is of all-importance to realize that God’s heart is ever toward His own. He is no indifferent spectator of our suffering. He feels for us in all our afflictions and bids us cast every care upon Him, assured that He is concerned about all we have to endure. Weymouth has rendered the last part of this verse, “It matters to God about you.” How precious to realize this!
If we trust His love (demonstrated at the cross) for us, then we can easily cast or "throw upon Him" all that causes us anxiety or care, knowing His care for us is perfect, greater than any other, and unfailing.
Romans 8:31-32
(31) What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
(32) He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Jamieson, Fausset, & Brown:
Casting — once for all: so the Greek aorist.care — “anxiety? The advantage flowing from humbling ourselves under God’s hand (1Pe_5:6) is confident reliance on His goodness. Exemption from care goes along with humble submission to God.careth for you — literally “respecting you.” Care is a burden which faith casts off the man on his God. Compare Psa_22:10; Psa_37:5; Psa_55:22, to which Peter alludes; Luk_12:22, Luk_12:37; Phi_4:6.
Adam Clarke:
"in all their afflictions he is afflicted." "He will bear both thee and thy burden."
