5월 26일 스펄전 아침묵상 “네 짐을 여호와께 맡겨 버리라 너를 붙드시고” [시편 55편 22절]
May 26 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee" (Psalm 55: 22). Worry, if carried to excess, has the nature of sin in it. The precept to avoid worry is repeated frequently by our Savior. It is reiterated by the apostles. It is a principle which cannot be neglected without involving transgression. We labor to take on ourselves our weary burden, as if He were unable or unwilling to take it for us. This disobedience to His principle, this unbelief in His Word, is all sinful. More than this, worry often leads to acts of sin. He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God's hand is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself. This sin leads to forsaking God as our Counselor and resorting instead to human wisdom. This is going to the "broken cistern" instead of to the "fountain;" a sin which was laid against Israel of old. Anxiety makes us doubt God's...