Are care free days only possible on vacation?
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Pastor Tom
Okay, I’m back. And I have been back for a while but its been a whirlwind of weeks. We had VBS and then a bunch of other stuff. We enjoyed a superb vacation in Alaska. I will post some thoughts about life on a cruise ship tomorrow. But it was interesting coming back from vacation mode to semi-regular life mode.
On vacation, one goal is to get away from the cares of home/work. So we go away and put up with the “cares” of travel (flight cancellations; going through security; motion sickness; cold and rainy days;) to find those care free moments or days on vacation. Then we come home and head back into life hopefully refreshed. But we know about the cares and the situations and the stresses. So do we just hope our cares don’t overwhelm us until we get to another “care free” vacation? Or is care free living possible at home?
I’m reading the book “Humilty” by C. J. Mahaney. He talks about practices that help us go into the day with humility and dependence on God. One practice is to “cast all our cares upon the Lord.” He bases this on 1 Peter 5:6–7 – “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God casting all your anxieties (cares) on him, because he cares for you.”
In other words, instead of trying to rush into a day bearing all our cares ourselves and trusting only ourselves to figure it out or work it out, humble ourselves before the mighty God. Admit, we aren’t equipped to “handle” everything on our minds perfectly. But God is. So admit that then cast the anxiety on the Lord. “Lord, this burdens me today. I don’t know how it will work out. But you do. So I give it to you and know you’ll walk with me through it. But until then, will you carry this for me so I’m not heavily weighed down by this care?”
Then Mahaney writes “When we humble ourselves each morning by casting all our cares on the Lord, we will start the day free of care.” We’re not free of responsibility but we can be care free. Then we keep doing that through the day with whatever care might come along.
Then care free days are possible anywhere. Hope you have a care free August whether on vacation or at home.
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