casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 (NKJV)

God cares more for us than anyone does or can. It is not within our ability to care for people even one small fraction as much as Jesus does. The same goes for people that care for us, mothers, fathers and, yes, believe it or not pastors!
If we could get this fact down in us, we would stop worrying about what others think of us, or how much we are loved or cared for by acquaintances, friends, and family. If we could just get a good grasp on “Jesus cares for me”, we would stop analyzing every action made by others in the microscope of our small world.
Paul the apostle said his reason for praying was, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; Ephesians 3:16-19 (NKJV)
In other words, if we would spend more time thinking on the incredible love and care of God for us, than thinking about what God or others should currently be doing for us, our lives would be powerful beyond our current comprehension. We would then be more concerned about how we treat the world around us than how we are treated.
Then the message of the cross, which truly is, that Jesus cared more for us than we could possibly care for others, would have a greater impact in today’s consumed with self world.
So, instead of trying so hard to care more, let’s get a better vision of just exactly how much Jesus Christ truly cares for us. Then we could say, Jesus loves you, and it would ring true and with power.
Peace- Mike Matheson