April 13th — WHAT TO DO UNDER THE CONDITIONS
April 13th.WHAT TO DO UNDER THE CONDITIONS
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord." Psalm 55:22
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 rol 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 wil be overwhelmingly crushing; but if we rol 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 fel owship 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!"
"Rol thy burden upon the Lord" - you have been bearing it al ; deliberately put one end on the shoulders of God. "The government shal 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 disassociate yourself from the burden.