Nothing is for Nothing

"Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved."

Psalm 55:22

The point is not that we won't be buffeted about, and tried on every side.

Afflicted,

            perplexed,

                          persecuted,

                                          struck down.

BUT, if we cast our burdens, and allow Him to carry the heaviness of these things, He will sustain us through them. Through sickness, loneliness, rejection, a heavy work load, plain ol' tiredness....

We are not moved.

For though our earthly, physical bodies pass through real and tremendous pressures, our spirits can be nestling safely in Him. Come whatever may, from the world, the Enemy, our own sinful natures (mmm...and ultimately allowed by God Himself), if this inner self casts the burden onto Him, they cannot disturb our inner peace, as we look to Jesus Christ, our Strong One.

We are NOT crushed,

NOT driven to despair,

NOT forsaken,

NOT destroyed...

"always carrying in the body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies....So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." (2 Cor. 4:10)

"Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy." (Psalm 61:1-3)

""For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, I shall not be greatly shaken." (Psalm 62:1-2)

"Trust in Him at all times, O people, pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us." (Psalm 62:8)

Oh to lean more and more upon Jesus! And to cast the things that burden me down upon the One who is strong enough to carry them. He sends troublesome things not to hurt us...but to teach us how much we need HIM!

Nothing is for nothing.