How much do you weigh?
To some, that may be one of the rudest questions to be asked.
I’m not asking how much your body weighs, but how much do you weigh…
How much of the world are you carrying on your shoulders? How much stress are you under? How heavy do you feel?
In the time we live in, we carry soooo much. Sometimes it can be utterly suffocating trying to balance it all on our own.
In Biblical times (and even now), when doing heavy-duty farming and plowing, they would put a yoke on the neck of two animals.
That way, they both can share the load and the weight can be more evenly distributed so they don’t get overwhelmed with all the work. It balances out the weight that is placed on them.
And that’s what Jesus was talking about when he said this…
Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, 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.”
God wants to give us rest from carrying the load. He wants to teach us how to deal with things so they don’t overburden us. He wants to be our partner when the world feels like it’s closing in on us.
He wants to give us a rest from the burden and weight of life.
That brings me comfort because it reminds me that I don’t have to carry the weight of the world all by myself, but that he makes my burdens lighter. He lightens my load.
But they key is that we have to go to him. When we humble ourselves and go to him, that is when the burdens are lifted. That’s when we receive rest.
Today I walk around a little lighter. Rested. Because I no longer have to solely rely on myself when I’m stressed or anxious about life, and neither do you.
I’m weightless. Are you?
Response Journal Questions
1. What weighs on you or what burdens are you carrying?
2. What is stopping me from allowing God to lighten my load? (Ex; fear, lack of faith, etc)
Pray with me!
Father God, I come to you weary and burdened. Thank you that when I come to you, you give me rest. You want to help me and you want me to rely on you. Help me to run to you when I start to feel life weighing on me. Your yoke is easy and your burden is light. Thank you that you lighten my load, teach me and ease my burdens. Help me to be weightless.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
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