Free Presbyterian Church of Malvern

This sermon, drawn from Psalm 55, explores the profound reality of personal suffering and the divine response of casting one's burdens upon God. Centered on David's anguish over betrayal by his trusted friend Ahithophel during Absalom's rebellion, the message highlights how trials become burdens through their personal, painful, and perilous nature—weighing heavily on the soul and threatening spiritual stability. The core exhortation, 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord,' is not a promise of escape from suffering but a call to entrust one's anxieties to God through persistent prayer, trusting in His sustaining grace rather than psychological self-help. The sermon emphasizes that God's care is grounded in His covenantal faithfulness, His provision through His Word, and the unshakable security of the believer's justification and adoption in Christ, ensuring that the righteous will never be moved. Ultimately, the passage offers a gospel-centered confidence: though burdens remain, God sustains, nourishes, and preserves