Sunday Blogvotional: Burdens Can Be Lifted

Burdens are to be lifted.  As Christians, we have something special that not everybody can so easily get.  We have the option of tapping into peace (even when things are beyond stormy).  Our Father in Heaven, who loves us deeply, wants to unburden us.  Often, we don't even give Him the chance - because we so desperately want to control the outcome.

Life can be overwhelming and hard to take.  But we are never too far away from life-changing peace. We can go to Him and lay our burdens down at His feet.  He is never too weak or too busy to take them off of our hands.  Besides, God doesn't want us to be burdened by life's problems.  He has better things for us to do with our time such as serving Him, reaching out to others, and sharing Jesus.  Sounds like an unbelievable trade-off.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28

Encouragement for the week:  Are you burdened by something?  Realize that God doesn't want you distracted by the things of this world.  Then release you burdens to God - giving Him control.  He may not take your problem away but He can and wants to take the burden of it away.  Let the outcome be His (no matter what it may be).