Galatians 6:2 Bear one
another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Day
by day as believers we live our lives in the reality that our Lord is going to
place a burden on us. What is a
burden? A burden is a tremendous weight,
life difficulty, circumstance, occurrence, event, calamity, hardship, weakness,
insult, persecution that the Lord has decided to either place upon us or He has
allowed Satan to “stretch out his hand against us (Job 1:11-12). Burdens are on purpose. Every burden has a purpose in Christ. Either way, these burdens are not to be carried
by us alone. The Lord has given us the
family of God, brothers and sisters in Christ to BEAR one another’s
burdens. It is our obligation (Romans
15:1) as believers to accept, carry, undergo, endure, provide for my brothers
and sisters as they are struggling with living under the strong weight of the
burden that is upon them. Burdens cannot
be and have never intended to be carried by one person. Let us walk amongst our brothers and sisters
looking for burdens to bear. When we see
someone drowning in burdens let us promise to engage them to bear their burdens
so that they come up for a breath of hope, encouragement, edification,
relief. If we are the one drowning under
the weight of a burden let us humble ourselves to be able to say, “I have a
burden I cannot bear.” This is our
obligation in Christ and yet bearing one another’s burdens is a rare occurrence, even in the Church.
Father,
thank You for brothers and sisters in Christ who are faithful to bear
burdens. Let us as the Church take this
command and obligation serious. You have
given us each other so that we will not be alone with these burdens. You are our hope through the obedience and
empowering of the family of God. Thank
You Lord for Your loving, shepherding hand as you guide us into green pastures
and still waters without burdens as well as the deep dark valley with heavy
burdens. For Your name’s sake let us, the
Church, bear one another’s burdens. In Jesus name, Amen.
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