I'll dare say there is at least something weighing on your mind today. It might be a financial concern, family conflict, work deadline, or just the burden of living the Christian life in an imperfect world. But you are not the only one carrying that weighty matter:
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation." (Psalm 68:19)
The Creator of the vast universe and all the intricate creation that surrounds us involves Himself with our burdens and concerns on a daily basis. And, like Father, like Son:
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
The burdens you may have thought you were carrying alone are being borne alone by a divine team. Did the weight suddenly seem lighter as that truth soaked in?
"The God who is our salvation" (Psalm 68:19) has bigger things in mind for you and I than the press of the things of this world. If His ultimate plan is for us to rule the world with His Son (Revelation 20:6), then it is totally inconsistent with His plan that the things of this world that we are to rule should conquer us! If His purposes are to succeed then it is imperative that He carry the burdens that threaten to overwhelm us.
The moon has approximately one-seventeenth the gravitational pull that earth exerts on us, a fact attested to by the astronauts of bygone years lightly skipping over the lunar surface in their bulky suits. A different environment made a huge difference with their weight load. And so it is for us with our burdens: conditions are changed as our Father and our Savior take our burdens upon them. A normally weighty burden suddenly weights less, as if it were under the reduced pull of the moon's gravity. Truly, as Jesus says, "My burden is light".
The burden you bear today is not yours alone to bear. It may feel as heavy as a large sofa on your back but realize that there is Someone on the front end and Someone else on the back end lifting and so in reality the burden is merely a shadow above you.
May the load feel lighter today as the true reality lifts its weight.
Steve
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation." (Psalm 68:19)
The Creator of the vast universe and all the intricate creation that surrounds us involves Himself with our burdens and concerns on a daily basis. And, like Father, like Son:
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
The burdens you may have thought you were carrying alone are being borne alone by a divine team. Did the weight suddenly seem lighter as that truth soaked in?
"The God who is our salvation" (Psalm 68:19) has bigger things in mind for you and I than the press of the things of this world. If His ultimate plan is for us to rule the world with His Son (Revelation 20:6), then it is totally inconsistent with His plan that the things of this world that we are to rule should conquer us! If His purposes are to succeed then it is imperative that He carry the burdens that threaten to overwhelm us.
The moon has approximately one-seventeenth the gravitational pull that earth exerts on us, a fact attested to by the astronauts of bygone years lightly skipping over the lunar surface in their bulky suits. A different environment made a huge difference with their weight load. And so it is for us with our burdens: conditions are changed as our Father and our Savior take our burdens upon them. A normally weighty burden suddenly weights less, as if it were under the reduced pull of the moon's gravity. Truly, as Jesus says, "My burden is light".
The burden you bear today is not yours alone to bear. It may feel as heavy as a large sofa on your back but realize that there is Someone on the front end and Someone else on the back end lifting and so in reality the burden is merely a shadow above you.
May the load feel lighter today as the true reality lifts its weight.
Steve
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