The Burden-Carrier

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 22nd of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Psalms 37:5:

“Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.” 

Then we go to Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” 

Then the last scripture, 1 Peter 5:7:

"…casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” 

Today, cast your cares upon Jesus because He will carry your burden and because He cares for you. In Numbers 22:23, we read that the donkey is a burden carrier, but he is also highly intelligent. We think a donkey is stupid. A donkey is not stupid, my dear friend, he is extremely clever. Balaam’s donkey was carrying Balaam along the path, remember? And she stopped dead. Balaam started to hit her with a stick and told her to move. She wouldn’t move. Why? Because Balaam’s donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the road with a big sword. So she went off into the field. 

A donkey is an animal of peace, and that is why I love donkeys so much. A donkey carried Jesus into Jerusalem, when all the people laid palm leaves on the roads and their clothes, and the donkey walked over them all. He is the burden-carrier. They say in the olden days, when a king came into a neighbouring kingdom, he would ride a donkey if he meant he wanted peace. If he rode a horse, a war horse, that was indicative of war. 

I want to tell you a little story. An old man I loved dearly, named Johannes Nel. He used to ride with me in my truck when I went down into the low-veld, into the homelands, when I went to collect people to come and work on the farm, and every time we went past a group of donkeys that were standing under a thorn tree, the old man would raise his hat and tears would fill his eyes. And I said to him once, “Oom Hannes, why do you do that?” “Oh”, he said, “Angus, that is the animal that carried my Master into Jerusalem”. Yes, I have never forgotten that. 

Do you know that a donkey has got a cross on his back? Every donkey - it goes down his spine and across his shoulders. Cast your cares upon Jesus, the Burden Carrier, the Prince of Peace, and He will give you the strength and the ability to complete your task. 

God bless you and have a wonderful day, goodbye.