IT'S TIME TO OFFLOAD YOUR HEAVY BURDENS
Matt 11:30 KJV ” For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.”
The
Greek word for “burden” is the word ‘phortion’ and it means “an invoice” (as
part of freight), figuratively: “a task or service”: Jesus Christ is saying to
the disciples that His service is light or easy. Whenever the lord gives an
assignment, He foots the bills; all invoices are easily taken care of. There,
are those who believe that serving God is a sentence to a life of penury and perpetual misery based on what
they have observed in the life of some believers. But contrary to this view, the
truth still remains that God’s work is easy. It is what it is: God’s work not
man’s work. It becomes difficult when it becomes your work. It is like a surfer
surfing the waves, the surfer simply rides the waves, it isn’t his
responsibility to create waves. Most preachers teach church members to create
waves and this is against biblical principles. Followers are made to undergo all
manner of rigorous rituals in a bid to
create waves in society and this has placed so much negative pressure on
families as most spouses seldom have time to interact with each other due to
these endless church activities that do nothing but massage the leaders ego .True church growth is not in the number of persons in our auditoriums but the prevalence of righteousness in the society.
Excessive religious devotions
does more harm than good. It is one of the reasons behind so many failed marriages
due to the fact that families are spending lesser time together : even during public holidays, thus creating no
room for bonding. The scriptures condemns this way of living . Col 2:20-23 AMP bible says “ If then
you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have
escaped from the world's crude and elemental notions and teachings of
externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you
submit to rules and regulations? — such as] Do not handle [this], Do not taste
[that], Do not even touch [them], Referring to things all of which perish with
being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines. [Isa 29:13.] Such [practices] have indeed the outward
appearance [that popularly passes] for wisdom, in promoting self-imposed rigor of devotion and delight in
self-humiliation and severity of discipline of the body, but
they are of no
value in checking the indulgence of the flesh (the lower nature).
[Instead,
they do not honour God but serve only to indulge the flesh.]”Excessive
religious duties promotes immorality among Christians. This is one of
the major reason behind the rise in scandals
among leaders in our churches.
When we set personal ego aside, God will use us as He desires , He
empowers those He uses. Phil 2:13 AMP says " [Not in your own strength]
for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and
creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good
pleasure and satisfaction and delight.” God does not need your help, just as a glass cup does not add to the taste of wine poured into it. We are like wine
bottles and cups in God’s hands.
We
are to also bear each other’s burdens
as a demonstration of obedience to the lord. Problems appear enormous
when we
try to solve them ourselves. Someone has been assigned to be of help to
us only if we would get off our high horses and ask for help.We fulfill
Christ’s law by
bearing each other’s burden. Gal 6:2 AMP says” Bear (endure, carry) one
another's burdens and troublesome
moral
faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ
(the
Messiah) and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]”A loaf
of bread given to a starving family can go a long way to making life
better . You
are to
complete what is missing in another person’s life. Spouses are expected to make
up for their individual deficiencies and not mock each other. As you receive Jesus Christ as lord and saviour and read this now, receive grace for uncommon help in Jesus name. Prayer / Counseling
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