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Cast all your cares on him...

This morning, sitting on the bus, with the first blush of sunrise melting up into the world,
I was reading one of the Psalms:

"Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer;
answer me, for I need your help." (Ps 86:1)
My heart is troubled Lord, for things beset me,
How is it that I am going to work through this worry, or that problem,
How am I going to be able to pay this bill, or afford new shoes for my child,
or any of the other worries that might come to mind or heart at any single beat...

Look to the Psalms again and these words leap out: 

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall." (Psalm 55:22)
and elsewhere... 

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you..." (1Peter 5:7)
John Newton who wrote Amazing Grace gave us this: 

"How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear ...." 

Colossians 3:2 tells us to set our minds on things above, not on the things of the earth, not of the things of this world, not of the things that are going to take us away, distract us from the presence of, the Love of Jesus. When I think about the words that I am reading in my Bible, and at the same time seeing the colours of the sunrise burnish the sky, I know the real purpose of my praise. 

And I am reminded of another song:
"O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed...
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art....

And in those words His love reaches down, fills me and sustains me. 

Amen.

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