Peter saw your deepest need—to know God personally, to be free of selfishness, to be unshackled from regret and your past—and God said, “I will help you.” He, Jesus, bore God’s punishment for you as he carried to the cross every offense you have committed against God and neighbor. But, receiving this favor from Jesus requires admitting you have sins that need carrying away. Peter knows it is difficult to admit this. That’s why he urges you to humble yourself and cast all your anxieties on God because he alone can help.