Cast Your Burdens


Cast your burden on the Lord , and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Psalms 55:22 HCSB

This verse comes at the end of Psalm 55 in which we discover David is being oppressed by someone he trusted. The way he describes the oppression describes my life of late:

My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah
Psalms 55:4‭-‬7 HCSB

It has been a tough new beginning to 2017. It has been an intense battle. However, today I fly to Sydney and tomorrow I fly to Nepal via China. China is one place I want to go.

Yesterday I decided to finish a book I had been sent my a missionary friend on shame culture, to prepare me for the Nepali. At the very end I found the 'what's was going to do. I knew the 'why'. God has plans for Nepal. However, where did I fit in. I knew it had to do with business. It does. However it is called: Asset Based Community Development. My role is to find out what communities have collectively, to solve their problems with poverty.

I know.'who' I will work with. Now I just have to go. Amen! I have to trust the Lord for my business whilst I am away. He is in charge anyway.

The word 'cast,' means to throw, pitch or hurl. If I throw something in this fashion it permanently dismissed. Therefore, as I CAST my burdens, they are gone, not to be revived. Amen! I choose peace.

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