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Cast your cares on him5/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Additionally, a boastful heart is sin (Proverbs 21:4). ![]() We deceive ourselves if we think we are better than others (Galatians 6:3). What does God’s Word inform us regarding pride and its dangers? Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). 1 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, (Thomas Nelson: Nashville, Tennessee, 1997), 569. Pride, as defined biblically is, “to hold oneself above others”. Pride is like the brake on the fishing reel that releases and stops the line. The choice seems so easy, but my pride keeps me from trusting Father God to show me how to cast. While dropping my line over the side of the boat allows me to be in charge, it also prevents me from developing my fishing skills. Casting out of my comfort zone takes a willingness to trust and to let go of my fears, worries, and control. I can cast out beyond the boat and benefit from the bounty the ocean offers or drop my line over and be content with smaller fish. ![]() My pride got in the way.Ĭasting my cares on God is much like going fishing. Yet I missed out on the thrill of catching a bigger fish because of my unwillingness to accept help. Dropping the line in that manner was easy, and I got my way. What usually happened was that I would just drop my line over the side of the boat and wait for the fish to come to me. I refused to be dependent on anyone but myself. I was afraid that if I let go of the brake too soon, the line would backlash and someone would have to come and untangle the yards and yards of line, or, if I was successful and caught a fish, the reeling in process would be too hard for me, and I would have to depend on someone else to help me. Reflecting back, I now understand that it was not that I was uncoordinated, it was my stubbornness, fear of failure, and pride that stopped me from releasing the brake lever. I struggled with what was a very simple task, releasing the brake on the reel to let the line fly out as far as it could go and then setting the brake to stop the line. What I remember most about those trips was the bouncy ride out to the perfect spot and how difficult it was for me to cast my line out as far away from the boat as possible. When I was about 10 years old, he started taking me with him. It did not matter where he was or what he caught, he just loved to fish, especially deep-sea fishing on a boat bouncing around the Pacific Ocean for hours at a time. That story, coincidently, is about fishing, and casting my line out beyond the boat. One memory of my childhood comes to mind to illustrate casting my cares upon God. As I began to embrace what God’s Word says about anxiety and worry, I realized that I needed God all the time, not just when everything was going well. My pride tells me to try it first on my own. My biggest struggle has always been refusing to give up my desire for control. “Cast your cares on Him because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). ![]()
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