Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Peter 5:7

"casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you." — 1 Peter 5:7 (ASV)

Peter then exhorts believers to “cast all your anxiety” on the Lord. He does not say what the anxiety is; perhaps he had persecution in mind. The application of his exhortation embraces all the difficulties believers who want to live godly in a fallen world must face. The “casting” entails an act of the will and should be done prayerfully and in obedience to Jesus’ teaching about anxiety (Matthew 6:25– 34). “He cares for you” means that God is not indifferent to our sufferings. This conception of God’s concern for human affliction is one of the peculiar treasures of the Judeo-Christian faith; though Greek philosophy at its highest could formulate a doctrine of God’s perfect goodness, it could not even imagine his active concern for humankind. The Incarnation reveals a caring God, and Christ’s teaching about his heavenly Father stresses his intimate concern for his children (Matthew 10:29–31).