5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:5-7
“Let nothing frighten you. Who has God, lacks nothing. God alone is enough.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
For the Adults:
We all have a lot of anxiety. Dealing with Covid 19 and now Hurricane Hanna. The worries of day to day life have slowly created layers of worry around our heart. We see people contracting the virus, we see some being hospitalized, we see some succumbing to the disease.
This weekend so many people, as was I, were keeping an eye on the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Hanna began to make her way to the Rio Grande Valley. Many people displaced because of flooding and many people losing their homes as water rushed into them.
It is an emotional roller coaster. What Peter is telling us here is to cast all of our worries on God. And we should never wonder whether or not God can take care of the things we worry about. To think that God, the Creator of all things, is there to take all the things that worry us is astounding. He cares about us and wants us to give up all the things that worry us the most to Him so that He can take care of them for us.
We need to realize who God is, humble ourselves and cast our cares, our worries, our anxieties on Him. When we submit ourselves to God, we will be clothed with humility and we will act humbly towards other people.
For the Children:
Why does God want us to cast all our cares/anxieties on Him?
What does casting cares/anxieties on God have to do with humility?
How can we learn to trust God?
Meditate:
5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:5-7
Pray:
Lord, please help me to keep You at the forefront of my mind. I pray that I will remember just how awesome You are. You are the Creator of all things. You care about me. You absolutely CAN help me. You want to help me. I pray that I will begin to set my cares/anxieties on You. Thank you Lord for all these things, in Jesus name, Amen!