Welcome to the daily chizuk (encouragement). The pasuk (verse) says in Tehillim, “Throw your burden on Hashem and He will sustain you.” The Dubno Maggid explains with a mashal (parable) about a poor man traveling on the road with very heavy bags on his shoulders. A wealthy man traveling by wagon noticed the poor man buckling under his load and offered him a ride. The poor man got into the wagon, but even while he was there, he continued to carry the heavy bags. The wealthy man said, “Why don’t you take your load off?” The poor man replied, “It’s enough that you’re taking me. I don’t want you to have to carry my bags also.” The wealthy man said, “You fool. My horses are pulling you and your bags anyway. It doesn’t matter if you hold them.”
So too, there are people carrying heavy loads in life. But they have to realize that Hashem is carrying them anyway. Let Him help you with your load. You are not alone. Hashem is with you, and He wants to carry you. Hashem is with you, and He wants to carry your burden. The Midrash Tehillim on this pasuk says, “Hashem is not like a human being. If you have someone who loves you and you go to them for help, the first time they’re ready to help you with joy. But if you ask them a second and third time, they’ll do it, but not with the same joy. And if you go a fourth time, they’ll probably say, ‘No, enough already.’” But HaKadosh Baruch Hu, eino kein, Hashem is not like that. Every time you throw your burden on Him, He will help you.
And not only does Hashem not distance Himself from you when you keep coming to Him; it’s just the opposite. The pasuk says, “The more you call out to Him, the closer He gets to you.” He loves when you come to Him for help. Many times in life, a person is in a situation and thinks to himself, “How am I going to get through this? I don’t see how it’s possible.” How fortunate are we? All we have to do is turn to Hashem for help, as the pasuk says: Whenever we call out to Hashem, He is there waiting to help.
Sometimes we feel overwhelmed; it’s too much. Somebody told me he had so much work to do. He had additional responsibilities at his job, and there just weren’t enough hours in the day to possibly get everything done. All of a sudden, two hours of the day that he had dedicated to a different project just got freed up. It was a clear Yad Hashem (hand of Hashem). He didn’t lose any money, and now he had time to finish everything. No burden is too overwhelming for Hashem. We have the greatest source of help available to us at all times.
Some people say, “I don’t want to bother Hashem with this; it’s too trivial.” It’s not a bother. He can’t wait for you to ask. He’s available. He can carry the load you have. The more you’re willing to give Him, the more He’s willing to carry. If you’re always worried and you have anxiety, that’s a sign that you’re still holding the package.
I once heard a mashal: If someone’s holding a bag of very expensive diamonds and he tells someone, “Could you please watch these for me?” the guy might say, “I don’t know; it’s too expensive.” But if you go to him and say, “Here, watch this package,” and you run away, he has to hold it. The more you let go, the other party feels more responsibility. The more we throw on Hashem, the more responsibility Hashem takes. Hashlech al Hashem yehavcha, vehu yechalkelcha (Throw your burden on Hashem and He will sustain you). Have a great day.