LW Baptist

By Rolland Coburn

Pastor

Church music offers this prayer, “I cast all my cares upon you; I lay all of my burdens down at your feet. And anytime I don’t know what to do, I cast all my cares upon you.”

The words echo a Bible promise, “Casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Psalms prophecies the suffering savior inviting us to the Father’s throne, “Cast your burden on the Lord and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken” (Psalm 55:22). Jesus speaks from experience. He knew privation, pain, and premature aging. Church poets in every age encourage us with our Lord’s example. One writes, “No one understands like Jesus/He’s a Friend beyond compare/Meet Him at the throne of mercy/He is waiting for You there.”

Another says, “If the world from you withhold of its silver and its gold/ And you have to get along with meager fare/Just remember in his Word/How he feeds the little bird/Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

“If your body suffers pain, and your health you can’t regain/ And your soul is almost sinking in despair/Jesus knows the pain you feel; he can save and he can heal/Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

“When your youthful days are gone, and old age is stealing on/ And your body bends beneath the weight of care/He will never leave you then, he’ll go with you to the end/Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

“No one understands like Jesus/When the days are dark and grim/ No one is so near, so dear as Jesus/Cast Your every care on Him.”