“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you…”. ~Psalm 55:22
I have always loved that verse. Especially after traveling a road where the burden became heavy. How wonderful is it that the God of the universe will help carry our load? Mind boggling when you think about it really. All the billions of people on the earth and He still cares about you and what you care about.
In my devotion this morning there as a comment that made me think about this verse from a different perspective. He said, “we must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong.”
My initial response was “yikes!”
Perhaps I’ve been going about this verse in the wrong direction. Yes He will absolutely help me carry my load, but am I carrying the things I should be to start with? Or is my load so heavy because I’m carrying unnecessary luggage?
Like my island vacation where I packed the giant rolling bag, plus carry on, plus personal item. By the end of the week I realized I could have packed in my purse and travel would have been so much easier!
It reminds me of Lisa TerKeurst’s book “The Best Yes,” where she talks about not saying yes to everything – only saying yes to God’s things. And not just things God would approve of, but the specific things that God has for you.
Personally, I am terrible about saying yes to too many things. Especially when they are all good things. I feel terrible saying no! But did you know, that saying no when you should is a good thing? Because when you say no it means that the person that SHOULD be doing the task can be asked. If you say yes when you shouldn’t, you are taking someone else’s opportunity to serve.
So the next time someone asks you to do something that you know you you don’t need to take on – don’t feel guilty saying no. Remind yourself that you should feel guilty if you say yes and take someone else’s opportunity.
Cool perspective on saying no isn’t it?
Until tomorrow,
‘Carrow💜
