Thursday, January 23,
2025
COME THOU HEAVY
LADEN!
Gal 6:5
5 For every person will have to bear his own load [of oppressive faults].
AMP
Matt 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
29 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.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
KJV
We all carry our very own heavy load which is personal and specific. Each day we shoulder them soldierly and
march toward the day’s duties. We hope nobody will notice as we trudge along
like Pilgrim in John Bunyan’s classic.
Many are not aware that the self-incrimination from a wounded conscience, fear of rejection
and worry for the future greatly affects our relationship with others. We
gravitate to others who are like us. Many members of oppressive and
condemning churches are there because they can’t forgive themselves.
They are miserable and so they find and join a congregation of the unforgiving.
They soothe themselves by pretending some superiority over others who sin
differently.
There is no escaping these burdens because the problem is me and not my geography. I am just as miserable
in the city as I am in the country. The answer is to drop my load; to cast my
heavy burden upon the Lord who promises to sustain me. This is easier said than
done!
Pilgrim carried his growing load over mountains and
through swamps until finally he reached the foot of
the cross where he found Jesus. This small poem describes his encounter.
"Thus far did I come laden with
my sin,
Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in,
Till I came hither. What a place is this!
Must here be the beginning of my bliss!
Must here the burden fall from off my back!
Must here the strings that bound it to me crack!
Blest cross! blest sepulchre! blest rather be
The Man that there was put to shame for me!"
Dear Lord, let me not stubbornly continue to carry my heavy load. Let me
yield to your offer of relief. AMEN
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