Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved Psalm 55:22
According to a Wall Street Journal report, anxiety has overtaken depression as the leading mental health problem in the United States. Anxiety-fighting drugs are now the top-selling pharmaceutical products.
Even with a booming economy and a healthy stock market, worry and apprehension remain part of our human condition - one that can never be adequately relieved by a pill.
When David composed Psalm 55, his mind was agitated by the same types of situations we struggle with today:
He recoiled in horror from the violence, anger, and abuse that stalked the city streets v. 9-11.
He suffered the anguish of being betrayed by a close friend v. 1,2-1,4.
He longed to leave and escape to a place of peace v. 4-8.
Because David's anxious pain mirrors our own, his prescription for relief can be ours as well. He wrote, "I will call upon God, andthe Lord shall save me. . . Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you" v. 16,22.
Anxiety is a burden we are not called to bear. Instead, we are to lay our concerns on Christ because He cares for us 1 Peter 5:7 and Philippians 4:6-7. If your heart is weighed down today, the Lord is ready to bear every burden you give Him. God invites us to burden Him with what burdens us.
- david langerfeld
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