Cast Your Burdens On Him

Title: Cast all your Burdens On Him

Theme: The importance of casting our burdens on the Lord not just giving them to Him.

Text: Psalms 55:1 – 23

Note: Some of the notes are from J Sudlows' Awake My Heart Devotonal also from researching on Sermon Central.

Psalms 55:1-7 To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Contemplation of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. (2) Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, (3) Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me. (4) My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. (5) Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. (6) So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. (7) Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah

“Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.”—Ps. 55: 22.

Wednesday night after church is a missions meeting for Honduras. Also collecting medication.

THAT BURDEN OF YOURS

“Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.”—Ps. 55: 22.

Burdens vs. trials

Noun (en noun)

• A heavy load.

• * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4

There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens .

• A responsibility, onus.

• A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

Tribulation

Noun (en noun)

• Any adversity; a trying period or event.

• * 1535 , , Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation , ch. 6:

For the blessed apostle himself in his sore tribulation', praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God (in a manner) that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that '''tribulation''' to strengthen him was far better for him than to take that ' tribulation from him.

THE psalmist, of course, was referring to burdens on the heart, not on the back. He knew that mental burdens are worse than physical, and that there is only one resort where true relief is found. His words open up whole continents of thought, but here we mention just three considerations which are suggested by them.

Burdens are Inescapable

The first fact which we are reminded of is the inescapableness of burdens. This burdened psalmist, remember, was David. His words take on a more vivid color from that circumstance.

David

- He was a king.

- He was wealthy.

- He was also godly.

- And he was now aged.

So, those four particulars remind us that burdens come to high as well as low, to rich as well as poor, to saints as well as sinners, and to old as well as young.

There is always a tendency for us to think that our own burdens are heavier than those of others, or that we should escape if we were in somebody else’s shoes. But we are wrong. Burdens are our common lot in the present scheme of things.

David’s burden was:

- Betrayal:

o by his son, Absolom, 2 Samuel 15 - 18

o by his friend and adviser, Ahithophel (a-hith-o-fel)

Psalms 55:12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.

- Almost lost the kingdom

Our Burdens can be:

- Betrayal

- Lost son or daughter

- Worry

- Anxiety

- Failure

- Burden of societal change

- Sin

- Guilt

- Greed – pursuit of money

"Burdens Can Bring Temptation (David warns us throughout the Psalms that Burdens Can Bring temptations)

The second reminder in David’s words is that burdens bring temptations. Sometimes the strings of temptations which tie up the parcel of trouble are an acuter problem than the load itself. We find some of these temptations exhibited in the psalm.

Temptation – God is Unconcerned

There is the temptation to think that God is unconcerned: see verse 1, “Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Yourself.”

Temptation – Escape Life

There is the temptation to seek escape from life: see verses 6–8, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.”

Temptation to become cynical. That God does not care so what difference does it make.

Temptation to become self-occupied