Careless In His Care

"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you"- 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV).

Do you know how you should live in God's care? Careless; you should live careless in His care. I don't mean dangerously, I mean care-less. I watched an episode of Friends where Phoebe went to run with Rachel. Their running styles were very much different. Rachel ran with visible control of her direction, body, breathing, and appearance. She did not look like she was having fun. She looked like she was laboring. Phoebe, well, Phoebe ran like a child runs. Arms were flailing around, strides were not mechanical, and she was smiling and laughing. She made it look fun, because she was having fun. She didn't fit in with the other runners, which embarrassed Rachel, but Rachel eventually tried Phoebe's approach to running and was excited to find out how much more fun running was when she ran carelessly... all anxiety abandoned. Paul compared our lives to finishing a race: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). We should run our race, as Phoebe ran, careless. Run your race careless in His care. Others will perceive your running, try it, and find out careless is the answer.