February 21
Life’s burdens can be extremely weighty. The burdens of sickness, poverty, war are just a few that come to mind. Even people who personally walk in health and prosperity and peace are not inured to the impact of the trials which those around them are going through. News travels fast—and it’s the bad things that make the headlines.
Yet even in a world that is fraught with distress of every sort, even in a place where sorrow and woe abound, the person of faith in Jesus Christ may rest on the assurances that have been given in His inerrant Word. David says, for example in Psalm 55:22, “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you. He’ll not let the righteous fall.”
This precious assurance is echoed through the corridors of time when the impetuous apostle states it again in I Peter 5:7, “Cast all your cares upon Jesus, for He cares for you.” He goes on to say in the next verse that we must be, “sober, vigilant, for your adversary… goes about…seeking whom he may destroy.” The person of faith is aware that his walk will at times be along a dangerous path.
Yet though the believer may have burdens to bear, he knows he need never carry them alone. He knows the One in whom he trusts is faithful to carry his burden with him. The believer knows he need never fear for, “…greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” I John 4:4. The promises of the Almighty are true; life’s trials become light when placed upon Him.
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