what
Life is all about…
CARRYING THE LOAD
Two
consequences from carrying a load Believers are not meant to carry: stress and
depression. And both do not fit a
Christian, according to God.
Hudson
Taylor said, “Never let any pressure in life come between you and the
Lord. If you don’t, the greater the
pressure the more it presses you to His breast.” All loads, all stress, all pressure should
drive us to our Source of peace and provision -- the Person of Jesus Christ.
One
scripture gives us the Apostle Paul’s take in a situation where he says he was “pressed
out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life” (2
Corinthians 1:8). That’s a difficult
situation. But look at his solution: “But
we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in
ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead” (v. 9).
So,
no matter what our load is, Jesus wants to carry our load: “Come unto Me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I
am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light”
(Matthew 11:28-30).
Oh, by the way, depression comes from carrying a load that should never be carried, and it gets to the point it overwhelms the carrier.
Oh
Lord, I cast all my load upon You, and rest in your yoke.
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