INSPIRASUNS

There are several pages on my social media that I follow. As most of you know, I love to fish, and yep you guessed it, my feeds are filled with local charter fishing groups. I love to look at the pictures from the groups that take the tours, showcasing the various fish that were caught.

As I saw a couple of these types of photos this morning, my mind drifted to memories of various fishing experiences. Those memories took me to times when I’ve had some great luck with my trusty fishing pole, (that’s pretty worn these days, but I love it). I’ve been known to execute a pretty mean cast under a batch of trees on a shoreline. Of course, I’ve also been known to wrap a line around one of those tree branches in the very next cast 🙂 .

So, once I got past wishing I was heading off to a dock with a bucket filled with bait shrimp, I then started thinking about the many ways Father has shared stories about casting. I remember when Jesus spoke to Simon telling him to go cast their nets into the sea even though they had just spent the day doing so and their nets were empty. Jesus told him that he would make them all fishers of men, (oh and those nets came up full that go around too). I love that story.

As I thought about this whole casting metaphor this morning and thought about some difficult times this week, I was reminded of how Father asks us to cast our worries and anxieties on Him. He wants us to give those things to Him, not carry them around on our shoulders. It’s so easy to be weighed down by the challenges we face here. Sometimes with my fishing reel, the line is wrapped so tightly that I have to stop and literally pull it out by hand to allow it to cast freely again. The same holds true with our fears, anxieties, and anger, sometimes we hold it so close, lock it in so tightly we have to pull it out and cast it over to Father to release it.

I’m going to remind myself of my little fishing reel the next time I’m letting satan wrap me up in a slew of emotions. I want to slow down and pull those emotions out and cast them on to Father. He and He alone can take those and in turn, fill me with peace. So friends, even if you don’t fish, I’m guessing you can still learn how to cast, go ahead give it a try.

Have a great day my friends 🙂 .

1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.