Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:7
“And God, I really hope I find my lunchbox tomorrow.”
That was how my son ended his bedtime prayer on Sunday evening after the usual words of thanksgiving for a good day. You see, on Friday he had come from school with his backpack unzipped and no lunchbox inside. Let me tell you, it was a crisis. This was his brand-new lunchbox, less than a month old, whale-themed (he’s obsessed with ocean life right now) and precious to him.
He was so concerned that we went up to his school Saturday morning and checked the lost and found bin—thanks to an event at the school that morning, we could stroll right in and look. Unfortunately, we had no luck, and his classroom door was locked. So all he could do until Monday was wait, worry—and pray.
To some, praying about a lost lunchbox is a waste of breath. They would say that bringing such petty concerns before the Creator of the universe is irreverent and silly, that prayer should be reserved for weightier matters. Lost souls, yes. Lost lunchboxes, no.
But Scripture tells us to cast all our anxiety upon the Lord, that no care or concern is too insignificant to bring before our heavenly Father. God cares for us, and he wants us to talk to him about the things that are weighing us down.
Petitionary prayer is not reserved for a certain class of problems, as though God only has the time for the “important” issues. Your Father wants to hear from you, whether your cares are big or small. Every prayer is important to him because you are important to him. Even when all you need is a lunchbox.
P.S. The lunchbox was in my son’s classroom when he got to school Monday, safe and sound. Truly an answer to prayer!
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