Psalm 55:22 - Can't Take Anymore? Then Take It To The Lord!
Psa.55:22: Can't Take Anymore? Then Take It To The Lord!
Psa 55:22 (KJV) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall
sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psa 55:22 (NIV) Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain
you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psa 55:22 (NCV) Give your worries to the LORD, and he will take
care of you. He will never let good people down.
Feeling down? Then praise God! That's the attitude of even the
saddest psalms, which are called "laments." These laments [such as
Psalms 54 - 61) show individuals and the nation of Israel praying in
times of crisis. Of all the types of psalms, the lament is most
common. [Youth SB]
For Troubled Times - Psalms 50-56; Seven psalms of David teach
us how to respond when we bring trouble on ourselves, and when
others betray us. [The 365-Day Devotional Commentary]
Psalm 55:22 contains the major lesson of the psalms. [New Bible
Companion]
While most psalms speak of life's problems, Psalm 55 highlights
the betrayal by a most trusted and intimate friend (55:12-13) as the
cause of pain. [New Bible Companion]
This desperate call to God came in extreme circumstances which
correspond to the period of Absalom's rebellion in David's life. The close
friend who betrayed the psalmist could well be Ahithophel (2 Sa
17:1-4). David called on the Lord to "confound their speech'' (v 9) as at
Babel. This is, indeed, what happened to the counsel of Ahithophel (2
Sa 17:5-14). [Disciple SB]
Escape and flight may seem the only alternative when as God's
people we live as the minority in a hostile environment. We find even
our closest friends bowing to pressure and turning against us.
Constant prayer and faith are the only course of action available. God
will never turn against His faithful people. [Disciple SB]
Care is a burden; it makes the heart stoop ; we
must cast it upon God by faith and prayer, commit our way and works
to him; let him do as seemeth him good, and we will be satisfied.
To cast our burden upon God is to stay ourselves on his providence
and promise, (Matthew Henry's Commentary)
To cast our burden upon God, is to rest upon his providence and
promise. And if we do so, he will carry us in the arms of his power, as a
nurse carries a child; and will strengthen our spirits by his Spirit,
so that they shall sustain the trial. He will never suffer the
righteous to be moved; to be so shaken by any troubles, as to quit their
duty to God, or their comfort in him. He will not suffer them to be
utterly cast down. [Matthew Henry Commentary]
He shall bear both thee and thy burden. What a glorious promise
to a tempted and afflicted soul! God will carry both thee and thy
load. (Adam Clarke Commentary)
In all their trials and temptations he will sustain them, and
will ultimately bring them off in triumph. The meaning here cannot be
that the righteous shall never be "moved" in the sense that their
circumstances will not be changed; or that none of their plans will fail; or
that they will never be disappointed; or that their minds will never
in any sense be discomposed; but that whatever trials may come upon
them, they will be "ultimately" safe. (Barnes' Notes)
The Lord's care is over all His creatures. He loves them all,
and makes no difference, except that He has the most tender pity for
those who are called to bear life's heaviest burdens. God's children
must meet trials and difficulties. But they should accept their lot
with a cheerful spirit, remembering that for all that the world
neglects to bestow, God Himself will make up to them in the best of
favors. HP120
While a man is righteous, trusts in and depends upon God, he
will never suffer him to be shaken. While he trusts in God, and works
righteousness, he is as safe as if he were in heaven. (Adam Clarke Commentary)
"I will trust in thee, in thy providence, and power, and mercy,
and not in my own prudence, strength, or merit; (Matthew Henry's
Commentary)
Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried
to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid
anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it
is reiterated by the apostles; and it is one which cannot be
neglected without involving transgression: for the very essence of anxious
care is the imagining that we are wiser than God, and the thrusting
ourselves into his place to do for him that which he has undertaken to do
for us. We attempt to think of that which we fancy he will forget;
we labour to take upon ourselves our weary burden, as if he were
unable or unwilling to take it for us. Now this disobedience to his
plain precept, this unbelief in his Word, this presumption in
intruding upon his province, is all sinful. Yet more than this, anxious
care often leads to acts of sin. He who cannot calmly leave his
affairs in God's hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to
be tempted to use wrong means to help himself. This sin leads to a
forsaking of God as our counsellor, and resorting instead to human wisdom.
This is going to the "broken cistern" instead of to the "fountain;" a
sin which was laid against Israel of old. Anxiety makes us doubt
God's lovingkindness, and thus our love to him grows cold; we feel
mistrust, and thus grieve the Spirit of God, so that our prayers become
hindered, our consistent example marred, and our life one of self-seeking.
Thus want of confidence in God leads us to wander far from him; but
if through simple faith in his promise, we cast each burden as it
comes upon him, and are "careful for nothing" because he undertakes to
care for us, it will keep us close to him, and strengthen us against
much temptation. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee." Morning and Evening by
Charles H. Spurgeon
We must distinguish between the burden-bearing that is right and
the burden-bearing that is wrong. We ought never to bear the burden
of sin or of doubt, but there are burdens placed on us by God which
He does not intend to lift off, He wants us to roll them back on
Him. "Cast that He hath given thee upon the Lord." (R.V. marg.) If we
undertake work for God and get out of touch with Him, the sense of
responsibility will be overwhelmingly crushing; but if we roll back on God that
which He has put upon us, He takes away the sense of responsibility by
bringing in the realization of Himself.
Many workers have gone out with high courage and fine impulses,
but with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, and before long
they are crushed. They do not know what to do with the burden, it
produces weariness, and people say--'What an embittered end to such a
beginning!'
"Roll thy burden upon the Lord"--you have been bearing it all;
deliberately put one end on the shoulders of God. "The government shall be
upon His shoulder." Commit to God "that He hath given thee"; not
fling it off, but put it over on to Him and yourself with it, and the
burden is lightened by the sense of companionship. Never dissociate
yourself from the burden. My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Remember that your experience is not the first of the kind. You
know the history of Joseph and of Daniel. The Lord did not prevent
the wicked plottings of their enemies, but He caused all their
devices to work for good to those who kept their faith and loyalty amid
trial and conflict.
The furnace fires are not to . . . [destroy], but to refine,
ennoble, sanctify. Without these trials we would not feel so much our
need of God and His help. We would become proud and self-sufficient.
In these trials I see evidence that the Lord's eye is upon you, and
that He means to draw your heart to Himself.... Turn unto the
stronghold. Learn the precious lesson, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light"
(Matt. 11:28-30). UL211
Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your
fears before God. You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him.... Take
to Him everything that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for
Him to bear, for He holds up worlds, He rules over all the affairs
of the universe.... There is no chapter in our experience too dark
for Him to read; there is no perplexity too difficult for Him to
unravel. SC99-101
When we are tempted to look on the dark side, let us open the
windows of the soul heavenward, that the bright beams of the Sun of
Righteousness may shine in. Let us draw near to God. He has promised that as
we do this He will draw near to us and lift up for us a standard
against the enemy. HP120
Let the soul be drawn out and upward, that God may grant us a
breath of the heavenly atmosphere. We may keep so near to God that in
every unexpected trial our thoughts will turn to Him as naturally as
the flower turns to the sun. SC99-101
JESUS CARES
When your heart is heavy and burdened
And you can't see your way through,
While you're going through trials and testings
And you don't know what to do.
There's a friend above who watches
And He cares what happens to you;
This wonderful one is Jesus
And He will see you through.
He cares when your heart is troubled
And the tears come falling fast:
He will come and heal your broken heart
And make it a thing of the past.
When the battle seems too great to win
And hard the enemy's blast,
Remember the battle is not yours but the Lord's
And against Him Satan can't last.
So keep your eyes upon Jesus
And your troubles on Him roll;
He will fight your battles for you
And His love to you unfold.
He is a great and wonderful God
And His love as pure as gold;
Put your trust in Him today
And you will find rest for your soul. by Linna L. Lyle
When you feel you just can't take it anymore.....Take it to the
Lord! Pastor Larson
Convert your worry time into prayer time. [God's Little
Devotional Bible re Psa.46:10]
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