Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Friday, January 30, 2015

QT 30 Jan 15, Ps 55:22, Cast the burdens onto God

Ps 55:22 (ESV) Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

NOTE: The NT repeats this verse (James 5:3, Phil 4:6,7) and the thought is the same -- we are to give our worries to God. They are burdens because they weigh us down. We worry about their impact on our life. We wonder how we will get past them. We get depressed because it seems like too much. Oftentimes the situation is our own fault (we waited too long, etc.), but at that point, it doesn't help to recognize fault, the weight is just too heavy. God doesn't assign fault in this verse or the other NT verses, he just asks us to throw the burdens onto him -- He promises to sustain us.


My wife has some burdens that I feel as well. In a few weeks, they will pass, but until then, they are quite heavy. Father, take these burdens from us. Carry them on you back and sustain us during this time.
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