Focus: Our Caring God!

Text: Ps.55:22

"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee."

We all have burdens, and burdens can be wearisome. We have all kinds of burdens - personal, spiritual, social, domestic, marital, financial, moral, academic and emotional burdens. The Bible talks about cares that choke, the cares of this life, the cares of this world, and the cares of the churches. This word 'cares' speaks of trouble, situations that cause worry and anxiety, loads or burdens that weigh us down, and circumstances that distract or frustrate us.

Many of us are really suffering under the heavy weight of our burdens. For many of us, these burdens are soul-crushing and heartrending.

Interestingly, the psalmist has a word from God for all of us. He says to us as individuals, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." Take your case to the Lord your God! Bring all of your troubles to the Lord. Roll them on God! He is our burden-bearer and load lifter. Your God wants to take the loads off your shoulders, but you have to be the one to bring them to Him. By means of prayer you can bring your wearisome burdens to the Lord. Leave your tears on the Lord's altar. Peter says it this way: "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you" (1Pet.5:7). 

The word 'casting' is present tense continuous, meaning that you have to constantly and continuously bring your trouble to your God. Make sure that at no time are you carrying a load. You must be dropping or dumping your load or pain on God.

As you learn to carry your case to the Lord, He promises to sustain you, and in the words of Peter, the Lord "cares for you." God sustains. God cares. He is always concerned about you. The psalmist says that "the LORD will perfect that which concerneth me…" (Ps.138:8).

The story of the Good Samaritan paints a picture for how God cares for you. He rescued the man beaten and left for dead. Luke records that he "went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him" (Lk.10:34). He stayed with the wounded till the following day, and then Luke reports that "on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee" (Lk.10:35). See how one man cared for his fellow man! How much more God! God absolutely cares for you. He binds wounds and restores souls. He cares and sustains His own.

Begin from now to roll over to God your burdens! You have no need carrying your burdens when God is there to carry them for you. Let God help you! He cares for you. Release the weight to Him; let Him bear it for you. Rest your soul in Christ. Trust God to do what is best for you!

by Bishop Moses E. Peter