Why Are You Carrying Around The Weight Of The World?
People sometimes carry around a lot of burdens. We worry about our kids, fret about our marriage, stress about our bills, living about a myriad of other concerns of this life. In addition, Christians worry about their walk with Jesus, their sin, or if they are doing enough for God and, if that were not enough, about what other people are doing. All this worry saps our joy and burdens us with the cares of this life.
No other burden
Today, I want to talk with you about having “no other burden.” Jesus says,
“But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.”
Revelation 2:24
Essentially, Jesus did have some things that he wanted the people of Thyatira to watch out for, but besides that, he did not have any other issues with them. When people are stressed and working to their limit, it is not wise to over burden them. Jesus knows this and he does not put upon us more than we can bear.
Why worry about what we cannot change?
The truth is, we worry mainly about things we cannot control or change. Jesus said,
“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?”
Luke 12:24-26
We become love as we yield to His Spirit
As a consequence, we begin to love through the Spirit and not through our souls, thus love becomes an expression of His Spirit. Everything we do through His love becomes proper and good. Taking the corruption out of the equation, we find that the “real” things of God far better the counterfeits of Satan. The fact is that Agape love encompasses much more than we ever thought possible. Freedom in the Spirit means we only do what we are lead to do. Most natural minded people think that being Spirit led is restrictive, but the truth is, it isn’t. The Spirit led life encompasses everything in this life and a great deal more; all with complete freedom.
If God does not say anything, don’t worry about it
God bless,
Michael
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