Cast away

“Throw all your anxieties upon him, because he cares about you.”1 Kefa (1 Pe)‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬ ‭CJB‬‬

Fishermen cast their nets. They thrown them out with vigour so that they spread and catch a good amount of fish. Jesus tells us to use such vigour and cast our cares on Him. He is the sea. He is able to drown our cares and bring us His catch of peace, faith and hope.

The Jesus factor changes our fears. He knows they are mirages put upon us by our enemy. As they are thrown onto Him they dissolve as they have no power. He has all the power! 

While we are at casting fears, it would be prudent to cast our shame, our failures, our humanity. He returns us righteousness, peace and joy. We are clean because of Him, not because we are ‘good’. We might like to put out there we are good, but Paul tells us, “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God”. He also tells us in 2 Co 5:21 ‘He who knew no sin became sin for us so that we could share His righteousness.’ We are right with God through Jesus and only through faith in Jesus. In ourselves no good thing dwells (Romans 7:18).

So, rejoice when you fail, it reveals how good Jesus is. We can trust Him to be enough! Amen!