“Jesus, our Burdenbearer.”
By Edna R. Dewey
“‘Commit thy way unto the Lord.’ “The Christian has no right to worry! Why? Because Jesus, the burdenbearer, has promised to take all his care upon Him. “But will the Lord of glory condescend to my low estate, and carry my individual burdens, cares, and sorrows, for me? Yea, verily; for thus saith the promise: ‘Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee; he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.’ The Christian that allows undue care and anxiety about the things of life, makes care twice told, makes burdens sit more heavily, makes every one about him uncomfortable, dishonors God, and brings a reproach upon the blessed assurance of ‘the word.’ And when the sweet hour of prayer comes, he is in no condition to go to the ‘mercy-seat;’ for unbelief has barricaded the heart, and faith—the requisite for the desired blessing—is not in lively exercise. Oh! how delightful to trust in the Lord with all the heart, and lean not to our own understanding; in all our ways to acknowledge him, assured that he will direct our paths.” I copied the above from a magazine entitled, Guide to Holiness, thinking perhaps it might comfort some one else as much as it has myself; if it does, I shall feel more than repaid for doing so. My attention was called to it at a time when my path for the future looked very dark, and as I am naturally inclined to worry, it seemed almost impossible for me to keep from it; but the words came unbidden to my mind: “My grace is sufficient for thee,” and I resolved that, by the Lord’s help, I would trust myself in his hands, and try to walk by faith; for I know that “he is faithful that promised;” and “though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”