So many situations in life fill us with anxiety and fear.
It is then we need to remember we have a choice. Will we carry the weight of our trials? Or will we cast our care, fling our anxieties on Him who is on the throne of heaven, because He cares for us.
I have a recurring image that helps me in times when I’m tempted to carry my burdens on my own instead of casting myself and my cares on Him —
It began in worship one Sunday years ago. I was struggling emotionally about a highly emotional issue. Suddenly, I had a sense, not a literal vision, but rather a picture in my spirit. The picture was of Jesus and me climbing a mountain. He had me by the hand and was carrying a sack on His back.
He stopped climbing abruptly, turned to me and said, “Jan, we can’t go up any higher until you throw the burden you are carrying into my sack. You need to let ME carry it!”
So I threw it in …
And oh, the JOY and peace!
And we continued to climb together.
Now often when I’m struggling with an offense, a disappointment, a crisis, whatever, I see and hear my Traveling Companion, my Guide, my Empowering Savior say, “Okay, Jan, throw it in! We can’t go any higher if you don’t!”
And when I throw my burden in Jesus’ sack, freedom and JOY flood my soul!
Then we can go on climbing hand in hand together. Why? Because...
...the JOY of the Lord is my strength. Nehemiah 8:10
How about you? How are you handling the stress of your current crises? Are you anxious about your health, your loved ones, your finances? Fill in the blank ……………………!
You have burdens that you weren’t meant to carry, dear friend. Throw them into Jesus’ sack! Return to JOY and keep on climbing hand in hand with Him!
Lord, take me higher and higher in my experience of YOU and all there is of Your Fulness! The world has a downward drag! But I cling to You. I chose to rejoice in my Risen, Indwelling Son of God! Amen!
...casting all your care upon HIM, for He cares for YOU.1 Peter 5:7 NKJV
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22 NIV
… BUT…
Cast not away your confidence, which has a great reward. Hebrews 10:35
It is God’s will that I should cast On Him my care each day; He also bids me not to cast My confidence away. But oh, I am so foolish That when taken unawares, I cast away my confidence And carry all my cares. T. Baird
Amen.
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