"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matt 11:28
Beloved, do you ever just get tired? Sometimes life can be overwhelming. Perhaps what is most overwhelming is when we find ourselves out of position with God. We know what it is to be and do right, but we sometimes find that we have slipped into an area that the light does not touch. This can generate a trapped feeling and the struggle between good and bad and right and wrong can be burdensome.
In times like these, we need to remember who we are and whose we are. We are reminded in scripture that, "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [sin]" Gal 6:1. Further the Hebrew writer advised, "let us lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us" Heb 12:1. We need not carry guilt and sin burdens alone. Jesus lovingly and compassionately offers to take those spiritually heavy things away and replace them with belonging. He promises rest.
Rejoicing in the Lord,
Lee
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