1 Peter 5:7

[ServantofGod]

"...casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you."


This is such a simple verse, so this is a real stupid question, but one I cannot find the answer for:

How does one "cast all anxieties" upon Christ? Is it a mental acceptance that Christ has all in control? Is it through prayer or meditation on verses of promise? Or is it a work of the Spirit that we cannot obtain on our own?

 

[fredtgreco]

It is by humbling ourselves, acknowledging that we are not God, and that our problems are really His problems. He is in control. Actually, the text says that "casting our cares" on him is actually a means of accomplishing the main verb of the sentence "humble yourselves..."

More here:
http://www.cckpca.org/sermonfiles/1peter/20080127AM_Fred Greco_1Peter_24.mp3