Day 7 - Bend Before You Break

A Weightless Devotional

Photo by Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez

“And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.” —1 Peter 5:6–7

Anxiety can be a heavy burden, weighing down your heart and mind with worries about the future, uncertainties, and fears. But in the midst of these anxieties, God offers a profound starting point for relief: humility—the bend that spares you the break, the surrender that happens before the snap of self-sufficiency.

1 Peter 5:6-7 says to humble yourself under the mighty hand of God. That doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself; it means thinking of yourself less. Humility is a deliberate act of surrendering to God and recognizing that you can’t, and weren’t meant to, carry all your burdens alone.