Message for January 28. 2024 from Pastor Shirley

Let God do the heavy lifting.

Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22

I never watched the movie that came out in 2015 called  “The War Room”.  I did read the reviews this past week of what the movie was about.  A couple who had great jobs,  a beautiful home, a beautiful daughter.  On the outside, it seemed they had it all.  But appearances can be deceiving.  The Jordan’s marriage was falling apart.  But their lives take an unexpected turn when the wife meets her newest client, Miss Clara, who encourages the couple to find healing and happiness through prayer. Miss Clara was a woman of prayer.  And she passed on to  Miss Jordan the power of prayer.

Her words were, “God showed me it was not my job to do the heavy lifting.  This was something He could and would do.  It was my job to seek him, to trust him and to stand on his Word”! 

This reminded me of the Scripture we have been looking into the last couple of weeks.  Psalm 46:10 “ Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God”.  “Be still’ means to stop striving, stop fighting, relax. It also means to “put your hands down”. 

 Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you  watchfully.   1 Peter 5:7