It has been said,
“There are no great men of God, only men of a great God.”
In that case, one of my favorite “men of a great God” is 19th century American theologian Albert Barnes, who provided gems like this below in his commentary of both the Old and New Testaments.
Psalm 55:22 – Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
“All that is to be ‘borne’ or to be ‘done’ in this world he has ‘divided up’ among people, giving or assigning to each one what He thought best suited to his ability, his circumstances, his position in life – what ‘he’ could do or bear best – and what, therefore, would most conduce to the great end in view. That portion thus assigned to ‘us,’ we are directed to ‘cast upon the Lord;’ that is, we are to look to him to enable us to do or to bear it. As it is ‘his’ appointment, we should receive it, and submit to it, without complaining; as it is ‘his’ appointment, we may feel assured that no more has been laid upon us than is commensurate with our ability, our condition, our usefulness, our salvation. We have not to rearrange what has been thus appointed, or to adjust it anew, but to do all, and endure all that he has ordained, leaning on his arm.”
