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“Cast all your cares on Him, because He cares about you!” 1 Peter 5:7
Whatever our trials may be, we may spread them all before our merciful Father with a confidence that He will grant us the wisest relief. We may commit to Him,
the directing of our path,
supplying of our needs,
and keeping of our souls,
not doubting but that, as our Creator, our Provider, and our Redeemer–He will be faithful to His own promises. And he will bring to pass whatever He, in His unerring wisdom, knows is best for us!
We must despair of any help from the creature, and commit our cause entirely to God!
We are not left to bear our burdens alone.
Our daily experience shows us how unable we are, of ourselves, to bear the various trials of life. But we have a merciful and an omnipotent Savior-God to go unto. A God who says, “Cast your burden upon Me, and I will sustain you!”
If “help were not laid upon One that is mighty”–upon One who says to us, “Come unto Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”–then what hope could any of us have?
But with such a Refuge and such a Friend–we may well be satisfied. For He is both a sun to enlighten us, and a shield to protect us! He will give us both grace and glory! No good thing, either in time or in eternity, will He withhold from His redeemed people–if we humbly and sincerely commit our cause to Him!
This is our most inestimable privilege!
When, like Peter sinking in the waves, we cry out to Him, “Lord, save me!”–He will stretch out His almighty hand, and wisely grant us the support that is best for our particular situation.
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need!” Hebrews 4:16