There used to be a terrible worrier in the office. Every day he'd arrive with a frown like the Rift Valley.
Till one day he was all smiles. 'What's happened?', colleagues asked. 'Oh, I've paid a consultant to do all my worrying - only £100 per day'. 'But', they gasped, 'however will you afford that?' Smiling, he replied: 'That's his worry!'
Worry is something that affects every one of us. No one is free of it. So the Scripture 'Cast all your anxiety on him, for he cares for you' (1 Peter 5.7) is directed to each of us. This verse says all Christians have worries, but God cares, and so we can trust him. Matthew Henry says of this verse: 'The best of Christians is apt to labour under the burden of anxieties and excessive cares ... the cares of a Christian are various ... personal care, family care, cares for the present, cares for the future, cares for themselves, cares for others, and for the church.'
