One of the favorite verses that many of us enjoy is: I Peter 5:7 “Cast all your anxieties on Him (on God), because He cares for you.” Now why would God bother to tell us to cast all our anxieties on HIM? Well, because we have a problem that way. We tend to get anxious—a lot.The English word for “WORRY” comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning - “to strangle.” And that’s precisely what happens when stress, worry and anxiety take control of us. They can strangle us…and paralyze us with fear. And yet God says we have the ability to overcome worry in our lives. We can control our fears. Philippians 4:6 says “Be anxious for nothing.”We’re not supposed to be anxious, but too often, we are. We ARE anxious. It seems almost normal to be worried about stuff. But God says – don’t do that! Don’t be anxious. Why not? Well, anxiety is not good for us. It robs us of sleep and peace and health. The American Institute of Stress notes that “75 to 90 percent of all visits to a primary care physician’s office are related to stress disorders.”Don’t they have pills to handle stress and anxiety? Yes. There is an abundance of pills. So pills can help. They may help you get you to sleep, but they don’t get at the stress and anxiety— they don’t solve the problem. And worry doesn’t solve our problems either. Anxiety won’t fix our fears!The reason they don’t help is because we’ve failed to understand that we can cast our anxieties on God. Over and over again, Scripture clearly says: “Trust God.” Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.” NOT ONCE does the Bible say “Worry about it;” or “Stress over it;” or even “Get over it.”Romans tells us, “If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31; see verses 31-39). We don’t have to worry. Jesus is always interceding for us. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Now, we need to be clear here: God doesn’t promise that the causes of our anxiety will disappear. He just promises that (when we trust in Him) our anxiety will disappear.Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. God didn’t put out the fire. But God got in there to protect them! It’s not about God putting out your fires; it’s about Who’s in ...