What’s that?

The last couple of weeks I’ve been consumed with the thought “God cares about that.”

As I’ve made that statement, I’ve had people ask me “What’s ‘that’?” As I consider the statement more, I realize that  Christians and pre-Christians and even those who never become followers of Christ, all have “that”.  If we are human, there’s going to be at least one “that”.

The Bible says “Casting all your cares on Him, for He cares for you.” As He cares for us, He cares about our “that”. As God, He knows what “that” is before we tell Him. It is a true saying that He knows the root cause of our “that” and He holds the solution. And He cares about it, and is powerful enough to fix it.

So what is “that”? It is anything that we walk through, think about, and struggle with. No matter our level of relationship with our God, we are faced with things that, if left to grow in our own situation will become a hindrance to our faith. Life comes.

For Peter, who walked with Jesus every day, who walked on the water with Him, Peter’s “that” was the shame of denying he knew Jesus.

For the more than 5,000 people who had sat faithfully under the hearing of Jesus’ words for three days and had no food for the trip home with their children, their “that” was they were in a situation in which they could not help themselves.

For the widow to whom God sent the prophet, her “that” was that she didn’t even know the God of the preacher and was so destitute she was picking up sticks to prepare her last meal. In her hopelessness, she was planning to have one more meal and then die of starvation. She had no expectation of a rescue for herself or her son. She was experiencing the potential of watching her son die, the knowledge that no help was forthcoming.

In our American culture, we are faced with challenges. Our children or we may be addiction. Our debt may be bigger than our ability to pay. Our loss of a loved one may leave us lonely, or hopeless. Our future may seem bleak. Our expectation of good may be gone.

God cares about “that”. All of “that”. He will help if you give it to Him. Cast all your care on Him…because He cares for you.