The act of humbling ourselves involves coming to a right understanding
of who God is, and who we are in Christ.
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The God of the universe, he who made and sustains all things, is as loving as he is powerful. He loves us with a ferocity that we simply can’t even begin to fathom. He deeply cares for us.
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As we cast our worries on God, we will come to a deeper and
deeper understanding of who he is and who we are, and that should lead us to a
more profound sense of humility and willingness to continue trusting his loving
care. Casting our cares on him all starts with the right understanding of who
God is and who we are as individuals in his sight based on the sacrificial work
of Jesus Christ on our behalf.
By
Dr. Bill Mounce
“Cast all your
anxiety on him because he cares for you.” - 1 Peter 5:7
A woman comes into
his psychiatric counseling office to get help with her claustrophobia, and his
solution to her problem is two words: “Stop
it!”
I feel a bit like
that when I read 1 Peter 5:7: “Cast all
your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
Easier said than done!
Can anyone out
there just “cast all [not some of] your
anxiety on him”?
The verse always struck me as a type of
impossible legalism.
The voice in my
head says, “Just do it.”
Just give your worry to God, and if you
don’t, you’re somehow failing or worse, you’re a bad person.
I can find more creative ways to worry than
anyone I know, and it has been a central task in my spiritual life to learn how
not to worry.
After all, worry exhibits a serious lack of
trust in God and a misunderstanding of his caring love. As one person told me, “Worry is virtual atheism.”
As is often the case, part of the solution
is to read the verse in context.
Actually, in Greek, verses 6–7 are one
sentence and therefore need to be read together.
The first step is
to “humble yourselves, therefore, under
God’s mighty hand” (verse
6).
What does that mean?
The act of humbling ourselves involves
coming to a right understanding of who God is, and who we are in Christ.
The God of the universe, he who made and
sustains all things, is as loving as he is powerful.
He loves us with a ferocity that we simply
can’t even begin to fathom. He deeply cares for us.
“Cast” is actually a
participle (“casting”), not an imperative.
It is describing what can happen as we
humble ourselves.
Coming to know God in deeper ways leads to
a sense of humility, which in turn makes it easier — in fact, almost natural — to
trust him.
But I suspect the process is a bit
cyclical.
As we cast our worries on God, we will come
to a deeper and deeper understanding of who he is and who we are, and that
should lead us to a more profound sense of humility and willingness to continue
trusting his loving care.
In these days of COVID-19, we have the
opportunity to show God we love him, we trust him, and we rest secure in his
arms.
Let’s not insult him by worrying, by acting
as if he doesn’t exist or care for us.
Casting our cares on him all starts with the right understanding of who God is and who we are as individuals in his sight based on the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ on our behalf.
By
Dr. Bill Mounce
Bill
is the founder and President of BiblicalTraining.org, serves on the Committee
for Bible Translation (which is responsible for the NIV translation of the
Bible) and has written numerous Greek resources including the best-selling
biblical Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek. He speaks and blogs
regularly on issues relating to trusting the Bible, the Pastoral Epistles (1
and 2 Timothy, and Titus), Greek and issues of spiritual growth.
One
Man’s Vision for the NIV
Howard
Long, an engineer from Seattle, was known for his passion for sharing the
gospel and his love for the King James Bible. One day, he tried sharing
Scripture with a non-Christian—only to find that the KJV’s 17th-century English
didn’t connect.
In
1955, Long embarked on a ten-year quest for a new Bible translation that would
faithfully capture the Word of God in contemporary English. Eventually his
denomination, the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), and the National Association
of Evangelicals (NAE) embraced his vision for the NIV.
Evangelicals
Unite for a New Bible Translation
In
1965, a cross-denominational gathering of evangelical scholars met near Chicago
and agreed to start work on the New International Version. Instead of just
updating an existing translation like the KJV, they chose to start from
scratch, using the very best manuscripts available in the original Greek,
Hebrew, and Aramaic of the Bible.
One
year later, their decision was endorsed by a gathering of 80 evangelical
ministry leaders and scholars. And so the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT),
the self-governing body responsible for the NIV, was born.
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