Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. Psalm 55:22
“When God says to us, “Give me your load, trust me, what you cannot do, I will do for you,” He puts out faith to one of the strongest tests. He never consents to carry our burdens unless we give them to Him.”
T. L. Cuyler in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham, 1895) 598.
When most people think of their giving, they don’t think about giving their burdens. One facet of the generosity of God that few people talk about is the fact that we serve a God who offers to carry our burdens.
I think giving our burdens to God is one of the strongest tests because it requires faith.
More on your plate at work than you can handle? “Let Me take that for you,” God offers. Relationship challenges? Bring those to Me too,” He adds. Chronic pain that seems to be getting worse? “Ask me for healing and grace, again,” He says.
Pause right now and give God whatever burdens you have. Trust Him to sort them.
But don’t stop there. Trusting that He’s got your stuff sorted, take this one step further. To exhibit Christian generosity, we get to bear the burdens of others just like Christ bears ours. Can you name a burden of someone else that you could bear and burden you could share with someone else?
You cannot live the generous life alone. God made us to rely on Him and each other.