Our burden bearing God.
Cast thy burdens upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.
Psalm 55: 22.
“Cast thy burden upon the Lord”. Here God admits that we have burdens. He does not tell us that we struggle throughout life and face the hardships of the week, as hallucinations of the mind. They are real, but these burdens should not become worries.
We are to cast all our burdens upon the Lord. Sadly, thousands of people are lost in their troubles. They worry about things that can never come to pass. They always see shadows on the walks, scarecrows in the fields, and ghosts in the gloomy halls of life.
Whatever our burdens may be, God asks us to cast them upon Him. There is no other way of ridding ourselves of them. We cannot remove them, our friends cannot take them away, and the devil will not stop attacking us.
“And he shall sustain you” is the promise God makes to all of us. If we believe this, we need not worry. In fact, we have no right to worry, no more than the Lily of the field, the sparrows on the housetop, and the ravens which have no barns. By our worries, we offend God, we sin and shows our lack of confidence in our Lord.
Above all, we are to cast upon the Lord the burdens of our sin. Sin robs us of hope, and where there is no hope, there is no peace of heart and mind. The burden of sin is taken away only through Jesus Christ, who went to the cross and paid the price of our redemption. If we cling to Christ, trust in Him as our Savior, then day after day our sins are removed. If we cast these burdens of life upon our burden bearing God, we have nothing to worry about.
We pray.
We are your people, gracious Lord, for you have called us out of darkness to the gospel, into the marvelous light of your Son Jesus Christ. As our Lord and Heavenly Father, you have promised to keep us. Therefore, I come to You with the burden of my life, asking that you would remove them if it be your will. Teach me to trust in you. Forgive me and give me courage to carry on. I ask this for the sake of him who has given his life, that I may have peace, Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.