I confess. I have been guilty of thinking if I ignore a problem I am practicing my faith. Ha! I am coming to realize that denying I have a problem does not mean that the problem will go away. Denying I am hurting does not make me stop hurting, it just delays my dealing with it.
There is a Scripture: “cast all your cares on Him for He cares for you,” which sounds so easy, yet is hard to do. I seem to think that all the little cares in my life are meant for me to deal with, so I deny that they matter. And when I say “deal with it” it usually means set it aside as it doesn’t really matter. But it does. I am denying that it is a care and I am carrying it without realizing it.
I finally realize I am carrying things when I literally feel weighed down and a need to cry. How silly that I allow myself to do this. My Father is asking me what I have need of each time I come to Him and while I give him the “big” things in my life, I deny all the “little” cares that I have allowed to pile up because I think I can handle them. Oh, dear! Where did I learn that from? Not from Scripture that’s for sure.
Peter denied knowing Christ, and in my own way I deny Him too when I don’t believe in His love for me and in His authority in my life enough to confess to Him and trust Him with every dinky thing weighing on me. It takes faith to speak the truth. It takes faith to tell our Father we need Him in every area of our life. It takes faith to tell a mountain to move. Denying the mountain is there will never budge it one inch.
I don’t want to carry things unnecessarily any longer! I will not buy into the lie any longer that if I just deny and push through an issue it will go away. I don’t want to accept pain, whether physical, mental, or emotional in my life any longer by denying their importance in prayer. I want to show my faith in my Lord by bringing everything large and small to His throne so He can bind the strongman behind the assaults on my being.
It is not by my might nor by my power, but by His Spirit the Lord tells us. The battle is in my thoughts and I will expose each “care” to my Father so Truth can be received and that care will be cast upon Him for He cares for me.
