GIVE IT TO GOD

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (KJV)

Yesterday, I read a very interesting suggestion of how to trust God with our troubles. Pastor Craig Groeschel suggests that those of us who worry constantly should get a container and write, “Trusting God” on it. And whenever we’re worried about something we can’t change, we should simply write what’s worrying us on a piece of paper and put it in the container. Once it’s inside the container, it becomes God’s Property, His Responsibility, not yours. From the moment you give your problem to Him, you’re not allowed to worry about it. If you want to worry, then you have to go to the container and physically take the concern away from God. And when you do, you’re choosing to worry instead of trusting God.

Whether you agree or disagree with Pastor Groeshel’s method, we cannot deny the need to offload those things that are troubling us by giving them to God. The word of the Lord through the penmanship of the apostle Peter is, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (I Peter 1:7) The unfortunate reality is that far too often we pick up burdens that have been placed at The Feet of Jesus. But if we’re going to live stress-free lives, we have to learn how to “take our burdens to the Lord and leave them there.”

My prayer for us today is that we’ll learn how to trust The Lord with the things that trouble us.

Let’s Pray:
“Father, we pray that you’ll help us to not worry about the things we cannot change. We confess that there are some things that we can’t handle by ourselves and we need Your Help. Teach us, we pray, how to trust You with all our troubles, in Jesus’ Name, amen.”

Daily Prayer: “Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil,
that I may not cause pain!”
The Prayer of Jabez, I Chronicles 4:10

Daily Confession:
Father, I thank You for making me the head and not the tail

Above only and not beneath

The lender and not the borrower

The conqueror and not the conquered



I thank You for giving me all things that pertain unto life and godliness

And for delivering my life from death and destruction

So that I shall live and not die to declare your works



I thank You that no sickness shall live in my body

For by Your Stripes I'm healed

I confess that I will not be stressed, oppressed, or depressed

Because You're keeping me in perfect peace as my mind is stayed on Thee



I confess that I will not be distracted, disorganized, or in disarray,

but I will be diligent to what God has called me to do



I confess that there shall not be any lack in my life

For my God shall supply all my needs according to His Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus

Thank You that all things are working together for my good

And that You always cause me to triumph



This is the day that you have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

In Jesus, Name, amen.