What to Do Under the Conditions

"We must distinguish between the burden-bearing that is right and burden-bearing that is wrong.

We ought never to bear the burden of sin or of doubt, but there are burdens placed on us by God Which He does not intend to lift off, He wants us to roll them back on Him.

"Cast that He hath given thee upon the Lord" (R.V. MARG.)

If we undertake work for God and get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility will be overwhelmingly crushing; but if we roll back on God that which He has put upon us, He takes away the sense of responsibility by bringing the realization of Himself.

Many workers have gone out with high courage and fine impulses, but with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, and before long they are crushed.

They do not know what to do with the burden, it produces weariness, and people say—‘What an embittered end to such a beginning!’

"Roll thy burden upon the Lord"—you have been bearing it all; deliberately put one end on the shoulders of God.

"The government shall be upon His shoulder."

Commit to God "that He hath given thee"; not fling it off, but put it over onto Him and yourself with it, and the burden is lightened by the sense of companionship.

Never disassociate yourself from the burden."

Taken from Devotions for MORNING and EVENING with OSWALD CHAMBERS (pg. 214 April 13)

I Surrender All

“All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him
In His presence daily live.

CHORUS

I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee, my blessed Savior
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit—
Truly know that Thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power
Let Thy blessing fall on me.”

Judson W. Van Deventer / Winfield S. Weeden

"And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God." (Phil. 1:9-11)

"He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, it's part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.—Berg

Each new day gives us new reasons to praise the Lord."

OUR DAILY BREAD
July2, 2012

Today’s 27th truth: If you are “born again”, you are more than a conqueror. Rom. 8:37

Tonight's post: Dumb Goose

Tomorrow’s post: Laying Hold of the Victory: Prayer Note # 54

After tomorrow's post, the next post, The Necessities of Life, will be Saturday afternoon, the 27th, when I've returned from a writer's conference in Rome, NY.