1 Peter 5:6-7: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time; casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He careth for you.
1 Peter 5:7 gives instruction to Christians that is similar to Philippians 4:6: In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
These passages demonstrate that God not only offers us the opportunity to ask for His help, He wants us to use this opportunity, especially when faced with anxieties of life (also see Luke 18:1-8).
As Philippians 4:7 points out, when prayer is made with a heart that trusts God, the result is a peace that “surpasses all understanding.”
As the hymn Did You Think to Pray? says, “O how praying rests the weary! Prayer will change the night to day; So when life seems dark and dreary, Don’t forget to pray.” As the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus says, “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.”
If we trust God and believe in His power, we should cast our anxieties on Him, knowing that He cares for us.
– Michael Hickox