EGW WritingsPsalms 55

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Lt 79, 1902

17LtMs, Lt 79, 1902, par. 6

You have been preparing yourself to do the work that the cities need, but you have brought too much taxation on yourself in elaborate preparation for your meetings, in your great desire to make these meetings a success and to arouse souls from their deadly lethargy. Thus your mind has been overwrought, your nervous energy too heavily drawn upon. With this has come the natural result—exhaustion. Every nerve and fiber of your body called for rest. You become oversensitive. You magnified little things into very large things. You were irritable, painfully distressed in mind, and at times almost utterly discouraged. All that you could do was to echo the sorrowful desire of David, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” [Psalm 55:6.]

My Life Today

Happy Companionship Together, July 14

ML 199.1

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. Psalm 55:14.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Lt 14, 1891

7LtMs, Lt 14, 1891, par. 11

Many hearts beat in tenderest respect and love for you, but the enemy sees that he can afflict your soul. He sees that he can misinterpret words spoken and actions performed by presenting them in an aggravated light, and you accept his version of the matter. You make it evident that you do not believe that your brethren are true to you. You bemoan over things that do not really exist. You look back at the past and say, “Once we took sweet counsel together, and went to the house of God in company; but now he that is my friend hath lifted up his heel against me.” [Psalm 55:14; 41:9.] You are continually shutting yourself within yourself, expecting to be betrayed. Beware of Satan’s devices. Nothing can weaken and unbalance the human mind like brooding over supposed wrongs, thinking that you are not appreciated.

With God at Dawn

As for Me, I Will Call upon God, July 29

WGD 212.1

As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:16, 17.

Homeward Bound

Faith and Secret Prayer, May 5

HB 146.1

Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.—Psalm 55:17.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Lt 45, 1897

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James leads us to the throne of grace with faith and confidence, and assures us of success and victory. “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” [James 5:16.] Earnest, fervent prayer to God for such things as we need will come from hearts that are impressed with a sense of their necessity. We must press the urgency of the case, as did Daniel in his prayer. One says, “With my whole heart have I sought thee.” [Psalm 119:10.] “Evening, and at morning, and at noon, will I pray,” says David, “and thou shalt hear my voice.” [Psalm 55:17.]

God’s Amazing Grace

To Sustain the Burden Bearer, April 18

AG 116.1

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. Psalm 55:22.

AG 116.5

The Lord does not press on anyone burdens too heavy to be borne. He estimates every weight before He allows it to rest upon the hearts of those who are laborers together with Him. To every one of His workers our loving heavenly Father says: “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee” (Psalm 55:22). Let the burden bearers believe that He will carry every load, great or small.56Testimonies for the Church 7:297.

In Heavenly Places

Trust in Time of Trial, April 23

HP 120.1

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22.

Testimonies for the Church, vol. 7

A Workers’ Fund

7T 297.2

Men in positions of responsibility are in danger of becoming crushed under the many burdens that they bear, but the Lord does not press on anyone burdens too heavy to be borne. He estimates every weight before He allows it to rest upon the hearts of those who are laborers together with Him. To every one of His workers our loving heavenly Father says: “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” Psalm 55:22. Let the burden bearers believe that He will carry every load, great or small.

The Upward Look

Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord, July 16

UL 211.1

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22.

With God at Dawn

Cast Thy Burden upon Him, April 12

WGD 104.1

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Lt 41, 1892

7LtMs, Lt 41, 1892, par. 1

Elder Olsen, of necessity you have many burdens to bear; but do not gather burdens and become crushed under them. The Lord does not mean to press weights on any one to crush out his life and forever stop his bearing any burdens. Our loving heavenly Father says to every one of His workers, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” [Psalm 55:22.] Again comes the injunction, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” [1 Peter 5:7.] The Lord estimates every weight before He allows it to rest upon the heart of those who are laborers together with Him. Jesus has borne sorrows and burdens, and He knows just what they are. He has His eye upon every laborer. The Lord telleth the number of the stars, and yet “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” [Psalm 147:3.] The Lord invites you to roll your burden on Him for He carries you on His heart.