1 Peter 5:7
7 Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
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My Comments:
In my own prayer life, another thing I found important was the act of just giving God all my worries, care and concerns; and simply refusing to take that burden up again.
In the Greek, the word 'casting' is the word 'epiripsantes' which consists of two root words, the word 'epi' and 'rhipto'. The word 'rhipto' is used to give the idea of flinging (or quickly tossing) the object. The Greek word 'epi'; when used after verbs expressing motion, indicates rest following the motion.
By putting both 'epi' and 'rhipto' together, we could look at the word 'casting' at a different angle; that being to quickly toss the care and resting after having tossed it. Some Greek scholars have said that the word 'casting' is written in the aorist participle, which denotes an act that is once and for all.
The word 'all' is the word 'pasan' which has several meanings, including 'thoroughly' and 'as many as'. If we look at the first half of 1 Peter 5:7, we could re-read it as 'quickly tossing as many cares as you have thoroughly and resting after tossing them, refusing to take them back'
Peter, in writing to the Church, emphasized that they should cast all their care upon the One who is more than able to take up their burdens. By virtue of reading it in the Greek, it gives the understanding that the moment you find yourself saddled with a worry or a care, be quick to toss it to God!
The phrase 'cares for' in the second half of 1 Peter 5:7 are two words, 'melei' and 'peri' respectively. The root word of 'melei' is the word 'melo', which means 'to be of interest to' or 'it matters to'; and the root word of 'peri' is 'peran', which could mean 'beyond, over, or farther' We could therefore look at the phrase 'for He cares for you' as 'because you matter to Him beyond all things'
Therefore, if we re-read 1 Peter 5:7 as a whole, it would read this way: 'quickly tossing as many cares as you have thoroughly and resting after tossing them, refusing to take them back because you matter to Him beyond all things'
Isn't that a joy, to know that we matter to God beyond all other things; that even when we have a worry, we quickly toss it to Him, and we won't take it back because we know that above all things, we matter to Him!
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