Caregiver's August Fellowship

“Moments of Peace from the Psalms”

“WIGHTY CHALLENGES”

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden. Psalm 68:19NASB

Loads get heavier the longer you carry them. This is true of both physical weight and emotional responsibilities. The more time you contend with them, the more fatigued you become.

You may believe that you’ve gotten accustomed to your burdens – that you can handle them – but they’re still draining you. You know that because of how difficult it is for you to deal with new challenges. When you stop having joy, it’s obvious you’re not managing your problems successfully.

Friend, you don’t have to be self-sufficient. God is happy to carry your burdens. He’ll be your unfailing strength and will use the weight to help you grow. Trust him with your concerns.

God, I’m not quite sure how to give my burdens to you – please show me how. I truly want to trust you with them. AMEN.

How true this is - I’ve been guilty of thinking I’ve become accustomed to my burdens and before I knew it, it had sucked the life out of me. This type of thinking can cause us to waver from fellowship, going to church, reading the Word which are all the very things that we need to strengthen us, to be the lifter of our heads, to empower us. We have to be careful and aware of not taking on these burdens. So many times we think we have the answer or the solution and all the time our Lord is there waiting for us to hand it over and ease our load. Our relief, our comfort, our strength and joy through trials are in Jesus Christ no one else can do this for us. We need to constantly be looking to Him for all things. His grace is sufficient.

(We each read a Scripture)

Rest
Psalm 62:1 – Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Matthew 11:28-30 – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Power
2 Timothy 1:7 – For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 – And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Weakness
Romans 8:26 – Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Weary
Psalm 55:22 – Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Isaiah 40:28-31 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Galatians 6:9 – And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Galatians 6:2 – Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Encouragement
Philippians 4:8 – Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – mediate on these things.