God's Grace Ministries

Hand Over Your Load

Matthew 11:30

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

One would think that once you accept Christ as your personal Savior, you would be exempt from burdens, stress, trials, heartaches and disappointments. But it seems that the burdens continue to show up. Many times Satan does his best to discourage us from living a life that will be pleasing in the sight of God. But the Lord never told us that we would not have problems. He never told us that difficult days would not come or that we wouldn’t have burdens. He did say, “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
One of the crises we face as believers in Christ is that when these things come we really don’t know how to handle it. We don’t mean to be depressed, to quit, to back up, to slow down, or to weep and cry and moan. However, it is the human part of us. We ask the questions, “Why?” and “What do I do next?” I am trying to go by the book. I read my Bible every morning; I talk to God at night before I go to bed; I take care of my obligations; I come to church on a regular basis; I even visit the sick and help people when I can. Why is it that my load is so heavy? What am I doing wrong? Where am I going wrong? What mistakes am I making? I believe God loves me, but when I call, he seems to take so long to come. There seems to be a void. I seem to have to bear this heavy load by myself.
If you are in this predicament I need to tell you that you are not alone. There are others bearing loads that are heavier than yours. When the load gets heavy just ask for strength and keep on toiling. Don’t be like the man walking down the road with his pack on and was offered a ride on a wagon passing by. He jumped on, keeping the pack on his back. The driver asked, “Sir, why are you not resting your sack?” He said, “Well, sir, it’s enough for you to carry me. I don’t want you to have to carry my load also.” The driver said, “The wagon handles it the same, on or off your back.”