Where Shall We Cast Our Burdens?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO CAST YOUR CARES?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

TEXT:

Psa. 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

KJV: Luke 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer.

NIV: Luke 21:14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.

Isa. 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 46:4 And even to your old age I am he: and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

TRUST THE PLAN

If you feel like the world is against you; you are right, it is!

There was a Captain of a ship, and a terrible storm suddenly blew the little ship.

The Captain knew how to pray, his prayer during the storm went something like this:

You may sink me if you will,

You may save me if you will,

I will keep rudder true!

Chart the Course, Set the sail.

The little boat was singing "I was sailing along on a moonlight bay"...

The little boat started thinking - I’m carrying such a heavy load...

Then the heavy boat started crying...

A still small voice said to the little boat ... I AM THE OCEAN, AND THE OCEAN SAID I’LL HOLD YOU UP....

Isa. 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 46:4 And even to your old age I am he: and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE?

The kids playing with real live Rattlesnakes or Copperheads?

Having an atheist for a pastor?

Driving a car to Hawaii?

Gong to the zoo, letting a Monkey prescribe you medicine?

1. IT IS MAN’S NATURE TO WORRY, THE LESSON OF THE BIRDS!

Mat. 6:25 Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about life...food or clothes....

In January of 1981, I was preaching a Revival in Frankfort, Kentucky.

The birds came to the window and seemed to tell me how hungry they were. Our boys were young.

Linda had counted our money and we decided we had $7.50 extra. So when we went out, we stopped at

a day old bread store, and we bought $7.50 of old bread.

We decided we would feed some bread that day, some the second day, until we went home.

I fed the bread to the birds, and they left and came back with their cousins, they sang to me on that cold

day, we are hungry, can you help? So I threw out some more bread, and some more until all the bread was gone.

The birds on the one hill in Frankfort, ate a trunk load of bread, that cost me $7.50.

That night as I lay to sleep, I pondered, God feeds those birds every day, and not just this hill, but around the world.

It doesn’t break God to feed the birds, he loves to do that.

Let me add a note here, God may feed the birds daily, but He does not put the food in the nest.

The birds have to fly and find the food.

I ACCEPTED MY FIRST PASTORATE IN FEBRUARY OF 1981. I asked the head board member could I see the ACMR,

the annual church report for 1980, he brought the annual church report out, and I saw where the church had averaged 3

in the Sunday Morning worship for 1980. The youngest of those three was 68.

I left teaching school, I had a wife and two sons, so the lesson of feeding the birds would become a testing zone for this

Preacher.

I stayed there 8 1/2 years, 1370 sermons, and MY FATHER taught me that not only does HE feed the birds, but that

HE would take care of my little family.

God loves you. God knows you by your first name. God saw you in your Mother’s womb, every day God

has watched over you and made a way for you. Let’s TRUST GOD TODAY!

2. GOD HAS DESIGNED US FOR LITTLE LOADS AND TO REGULARLY EMPTY OUR LOADS AT GOD’S FEET!

We are like God’s Dump Truck, we just make short hauls and dump our load on to the altar.