To the Glory of God
with our Burdens
“Come unto me,
all ye that labour 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
I decided to take a break
from the purity blogposts and write about our burdens today.
We have probably all
heard a pastor or Sunday school teacher mention these verses at least
once. The instructions seem pretty simple; Jesus says for us to come
to Him, and He will give us rest. He even goes so far as to say that
His burden is light! Hmm…
So what is the hard part
of these verses for us? The other day in my own Bible reading, the
LORD showed me the part that was hard for me to obey.
“…learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly…”
Learning of Jesus is not
natural to our flesh. Learning of Jesus takes daily, regular effort
on our part – kind of like how keeping our school grades up takes
regular effort :). I realized that if I want Jesus’ rest to be
real in my life, then I had to do my part here – learn of Jesus.
How do I do that? Consider what Jesus did when He was faced with
burdens on this earth.
Learning of Jesus means
learning to leave things in God’s hands. It means to trust His
wisdom even when it makes absolutely no sense to us. Learning of Him
means recognizing (through God’s Word) how He dealt with the
sorrows of earthly life when He was here. It means to seek His face
on a daily basis, begging for His direction in our daily decisions.
Learning of Jesus is many, many things.
But you know, Jesus gives
us two huge clues to start with right in these verses! He said, “…I
am meek and lowly…”. Being meek and lowly, once again, is
not natural for us. We like to be selfish, covetous, complaining,
worrying, irritable, annoying, and boisterous because it just feels
good! (Especially when we are having a really bad day.) Yet these
are the two clues Jesus gives us for learning of Him – meek and
lowly. That’s what we are to become. That’s what we are to be.
That’s what we are to pattern our lives after.
Learning of Jesus is all
about Him. Is being “all about Jesus” normal for you, or is it
just something you think about when you’re listening to Sunday and
Wednesday’s sermons? Being all about Jesus is key to learning how
to lay our burdens down at His feet.
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 22
Hebrews 6
Every time I hear something like this I am equally amazed about how trusting in Jesus can allow us to relieve us of our burdens.
ReplyDeleteWow.. I have never really considered that part of the verse like that! Thank you Mrs. Lois this post was a true blessing:)
ReplyDeleteI need to learn to be all about Jesus, and I pray that He will help me to be meek and lowly!
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