Cast your burden on the Lord

“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” - Psalms 55v22

We all have had times in our Christian lives when it feels like we just can’t take any more. We sometimes use the phrase, “the straw that broke the camel’s back” to illustrate when the burden just gets too heavy.

The problem is that we are so proud that we think we are the only ones who are capable of carrying our burdens properly. We think that if we pass our burden on to someone else they will not be able to sort things out properly. When it comes to other people some of that fear might be merited, though we do need to be willing to share our burdens with our fellow believers.

However, we do have a perfect Burden Bearer. Here the psalmist says, “Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you.” In the New Testament we read, “Casting all your cares on Him for He cares for you.” God does not want us to be like the camel whose back is broken by the “last straw.”

There is no need for us to carry that burden – lets take the invitation to cast our burdens on Him and trust Him to sustain us.