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Lay Down The Weight

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Life gets heavy.
 And if we’re honest, most of the time we carry far more than God ever asked us to.

In this episode of The Buddy Foy Jr. Show, I wrestle openly with the tension between faith and fatigue — between knowing what scripture says and still trying to handle everything on my own. We unpack powerful passages from Psalms, Matthew, and 1 Kings, including Elijah’s collapse in the wilderness, to explore what it actually looks like to give our burdens to God instead of carrying them alone.

This isn’t a polished theology lesson. It’s a real-time workout in what I call the Jesus Gym — sweat, mistakes, sore muscles, and all. We talk about:

  • Why we struggle to give burdens to God
  • What Jesus meant when He said His yoke is light
  • How God often sends people before He sends answers
  • The danger of isolating in the wilderness
  • Discernment between godly counsel and worldly noise

If you’re tired, overwhelmed, or trying to be strong for everyone else — this episode is for you.

You don’t have to carry it alone.
 And you were never meant to.

Scriptures Referenced in This Episode

Psalms

  • Psalm 55:22
     “Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip or fall.”
     (Primary anchor verse of the episode)
  • Psalm 62:8
     “Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge.”
  • Psalm 55:12–14
     “It is not an enemy who taunts me… but you, my equal, my companion, my close friend…”
     (Pain caused by betrayal or misunderstanding from someone close)
  • Psalm 51:10
     “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a loyal spirit within me.”

Gospels

  • Matthew 11:28–30
     (You referenced this as “Matthew 28 to 30,” but the correct passage is Matthew 11:28–30)
     “Come to Me, all who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest… My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

Old Testament Narrative

  • 1 Kings 19:1–18
     (Elijah fleeing Jezebel, despair under the broom tree, angels feeding him, wilderness renewal)
     Specific verses referenced:
     
    • 1 Kings 19:1–3 – Jezebel threatens Elijah; he flees
    • 1 Kings 19:4 – Elijah prays to die
    • 1 Kings 19:5–8 – Angel feeds Elijah twice
    • 1 Kings 19:8–9 – Journey to Mount Sinai / cave encounter

Summary (Optional One-Line for Notes)

Key themes explored through Psalm 55, Psalm 62, Matthew 11, and 1 Kings 19 — learning to surrender burdens, trust God in wilderness seasons, and receive spiritual nourishment through Scripture and community.


This is the Buddy For Junior Show — where faith, truth, and courage come together. Join us as we explore life’s deeper purpose and carry the torch of conviction. The show begins now.

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Welcome. Welcome to the Buddy Foy Jr. Show. Appreciate y'all being here. I'm gonna dive in with scripture. Give your burden to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip or fall.

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Psalms 55 22. I find myself carrying my burdens.

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I find myself trying to get people to understand my perspective, a situation, something I have on my mind. It could be a warning of what's to come. It could be a business idea. It could be relationship and behaviors that are affecting the future of those relationships, whether it's with me, someone else, or giving advice to somebody going through something. And I don't find myself following Psalms 21. I'm sorry, 55 verse 22. Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip or fall. So I don't find myself encouraging people to give their burdens to the Lord. I don't give them to the Lord, and I try to lift things on my own. That's what I'd like to talk about today, and when I'm learning what the word is telling me, what my pastoral mentors are feeding into me. And that's what we're going to unpack in a very short episode today. Before we unpack it, could you follow me, wherever you're listening? Hit follow or subscribe. And please, if it resonates, share the episode with one person. This podcast is growing, and it's only growing because you're helping me grow it. So thank you. And again, people, remember, anything I say, you got to verify. I am not somebody that holds a master's degree in theology. I have never been to pastoral or biblical school. I am a guy in the gym with Jesus, working out, sweating, making mistakes, dropping the weight on my foot. Often, I usually say the second my feet hit the ground in the morning, I mess up. So I'm just a dude sharing that journey. Please keep that in mind. Verify everything that you hear from me. Okay. One more scripture to hammer this home before we unpack it, which is Psalms 62, verse 8. Oh my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is my refuge. Okay. I do pour my heart out to advisors and friends, and the majority of them are people in the faith, whether Jewish or Christian, read the same book that I do. And I find great advice in those channels. And I praise God for those relationships. But as I said, I'm not going to the word enough. Right? We carry the weight and the burden. Matthew 28 to 30. Then Jesus says, Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light. I mean, this is huge for me. And then I go to the Old Testament, and I'm going through scripture more than I usually do with giving you specifics because of how impactful our burdens are and how often the human condition tries to take care of it on our own, including me, or especially me. So there's another one that hit me years ago that I just dug up to, and the burden and yoke sparked a memory of this scripture. It's 1 Kings chapter 19. And Elijah and Bathsheba, I'm sorry, Elijah and Jezebel are having an issue, man. Like Jezebel wants him. She writes, she says to him, If by tomorrow, may God strike me down if I haven't killed you by this time tomorrow. Elijah, he was afraid and he fled for his life. He went to some city, I'm not even going to try to pronounce the name of it, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. That's where I go. I go into the wilderness alone. But God calls me out, andor he sends people who call me out of nowhere, and they hear my voice. Yo, you're in a wilderness right now, aren't you? You know, hey, what's going on? And they and God sends these um angels, right, to do his will, to get me out of the wilderness and in people of his um his tutelage, his students, his disciples. Now Elijah, he's alone in the wilderness and he travels all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. I have had enough, Lord, he said. Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died. Does that sound familiar? Do you ever get to a point where you're like, I'm just not worthy? I'm a sinner. I'm terrible. I'm just as terrible as before I started reading the word. Like, I'm not worthy of this. Just take me. Or give up on me, Lord. Maybe our version today isn't take me, but maybe it's, ah, just leave me alone and let me handle it on my own because I'm not worthy of you, you carrying my burden. But then Elijah lay down. This is in Kings 19, verse 5. Then Elijah lay down and slept under the broom tree. And as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, get up and eat. Does that sound familiar to what I just said? Where when I'm alone in a wilderness or on an island, the Lord sends somebody to call me or to contact me or to text me, and in my energy, they pick up a frequency and they tell me they get up and eat. They feed me the spirit. He looked around, and there beside his head was some bread broken, hot stones, and a jar of water. That's wild. So he ate and drank and lay down again. Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him. Get up and eat more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you. So he did. And then he traveled for 40 days and 40 nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. There he came to a cave where he spent the night. So then the story goes on where Elijah thinks he's the last prophet. He's got all the he thinks he's the only one going through what he's going through. And at the time, there was a lot of other prophets, a lot of other biblical men. He wasn't the only one. Do we feel like we're the only ones going through what we're going through? No one can relate. Yeah, I know that I do. So when you're seeking understanding in these times, when I'm seeking understanding, I have to practice going to the Bible and going to my relationship. And when God sends his prophets for me, or his disciples, I should say. Just this morning, he had one call me and he took me through a spiritual meditated state, which was awesome.

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Okay? Because sometimes, folks, it is not the enemy who taunts me.

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I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me. I could have hidden from them. Instead, it is you, my equal, my companion, my close friend. What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walk together in the house of God.

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Man.

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That is Psalms 55, 12 through 14. Wash me clean of my guilt, purify me of my sin. Create in me a clean heart, oh God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

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So what does it take to turn to God and practice giving Jesus Christ our burden? Purifying our heart.

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Meditating on the word and having a inner circle of biblical men that aren't perfect, but for some reason know how to pray for you and know how to walk you through the darkness you're going through. Those are men that the Lord put in your life. Just like Elijah in the wilderness had angels come to him to feed him. Whatever you need fed to you in the times that you're in a wilderness, be open to who shows up.

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Because it's usually God in the form of his people, your friends.

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Even though someone close that you walked into the church with is hurting you or not understanding you, will still send somebody to get you through. And at the end of the day, give Jesus Christ your burden, or his yoke is light. Okay, gang, let me land this plane here. Let's land this. First of all, I said men, it could be men or women of the Lord. I just happen to have men that I go to, so that's why I went to man. One more thing to notice with Elijah. The angel said, you need to eat more because the journey ahead, you're gonna need it. The Lord knows where your journey is and where you're going. We don't. We have to trust that journey and be fed by the Spirit. And you know you're being fed by the Spirit, when those phone calls and the people who show up talk biblical, not worldly. When they're guiding you with a value system that aligns with the Bible, that's Jesus. When they're giving you advice that aligns with the devil, well, that's the enemy, that's spiritual warfare. So be in the spirit, read the book, pray for people, pray for yourself, pray for your circumstances because that's when God shows up and that's how we stay focused. God bless, have a great week, and don't take the bait.

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Don't take it.

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