Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt 11:28-30)
Do you need to lay your burdens at the feet of the One who gives you help in trouble? Jesus said, “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). The life you crave is under the grace of God. It is not a life of denial, suppression, or running away. It is not a life of drowning your sorrows or displacing your anger or punishing yourself. It is life that has the burden removed, the pain relieved, and the pressure soothed. The price wasn’t cheap. Confession of sin is not a “get out of jail free” card that you flip back onto the game board as you go your merry way. The cost for the removal of our sin was the life of the Son of God. His brutal death and abandonment by God is the result of casting our cares upon Him. The gift is grace with great gravity. It’s serious business that moves our hearts and causes us to fall down in worship and thanksgiving. At the cost of His Son, God is our help in trouble.
Do you need to lay your burdens at the feet of the One who gives you help in trouble? Jesus said, “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). The life you crave is under the grace of God. It is not a life of denial, suppression, or running away. It is not a life of drowning your sorrows or displacing your anger or punishing yourself. It is life that has the burden removed, the pain relieved, and the pressure soothed. The price wasn’t cheap. Confession of sin is not a “get out of jail free” card that you flip back onto the game board as you go your merry way. The cost for the removal of our sin was the life of the Son of God. His brutal death and abandonment by God is the result of casting our cares upon Him. The gift is grace with great gravity. It’s serious business that moves our hearts and causes us to fall down in worship and thanksgiving. At the cost of His Son, God is our help in trouble.
Michael W. Newman, The Life You Crave: It’s All About Grace
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