This is our most inestimable
privilege. By Charles Simeon. Cast all your
cares on him because he cares about you. 1 Peter 5.7 Whatever our trials may be, we
may spread them all before our merciful Father with the confidence
that He will grant us the wisest relief. We may commit to Him
the directing of our path, the supplying of our needs, and the
keeping of our souls, not doubting but that as our Creator, our
Provider, and our Redeemer. He will be faithful to His own
promises and bring to pass whatever He, in His unerring wisdom, knows
is best for us. We must despair of any help from
the creature and commit our cause entirely to God. We are not left
to bear our burdens alone, Our daily experience shows us how
unable we are, of ourselves, to bear the various trials of
life. But we have a merciful and an
omnipotent Saviour God to go unto, a God who says, cast your
burden upon me, and I will sustain you. If help were not laid upon
one that is mighty, upon one who says to us, Come unto me
all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,
then what hope could any of us have? But with such a refuge
and such a friend we may well be satisfied, for he is both
a sun to enlighten us and a shield to protect us. He will give us
both grace and glory. No good thing, either in time
or in eternity, will He withhold from His redeemed people if we
humbly and sincerely commit our cause to Him. This is our most
inestimable privilege. When, like Peter, sinking in
the waves, we cry out to Him, Lord, save me, He will stretch
out His almighty hand and wisely grant us the support that is
best for our particular situation. Let us then approach the throne
of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help us in our time of need.