Join in Power
Have the burdens and responsibilities of life slowly crept up on you until you feel like you're carrying a very heavy weight?
What happens to that weight when you go to bed? Do you take it with you? Is it hard to roll over at night because it keeps getting in the way?
Somehow all the obligations of the day...the deadlines, the meetings, the errands, the chores, the in-laws and the kids, all get piled onto that weight. No wonder your work for the Lord can become a heavy load.
Yet God tells us it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, His Word is quite startling: He tells us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light!
How can this be? How can we shake the weight that drags us down even as we sleep? He says, "Come to Me, all you 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" (Matthew 11:28-29, NKJV).
Your soul is comprised of your mind, your will, and your emotions. These are the areas where He has promised to give you rest if you will only come to Him. Realize that you are not struggling on your own...you are joined in power to His yoke. The Lord longs to carry your burdens. Let Him bear the weight.
God loves you and wants to answer your prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father, I realized that my ministry is Your ministry; that the people I feel responsibility for are Your sheep. I acknowledge that all my burdens are Yours, and give them to You now. I will do only as You lead. I thank You that Your yoke is easy, and Your burden is light. Thank You for giving me rest for my soul. In Jesus' Name, Amen.