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)
God and I
have been struggling lately. It’s me, not God. Nevertheless, the distance
between us is great. I don’t want to pray, I don’t want to read my Bible, I
don’t even want to go to church. What’s worse . . . I find myself increasingly
angry with my fellow Christians. I question whether their living and loving
mirrors Christ. Unfortunately, this frustration currently serves as the
justification for my distance from God.
That is my
complaint; now here’s my truth.
Being a
Christian is not always easy. Having a heart for the hurting, the poor, the disenfranchised,
and the lost is laborious. Seeking to build God’s kingdom on earth is hard. In
all of my efforts to display Christ, do good, and be present for others, I have
become burdened and heavy laden. In response to my burnout, I have distanced
myself from the One who wants to restore me. That is not how Christ wants us to
face our weariness.
The call
of Christ is for all of us who are tired and weary to come unto Him. He wants
to give us rest. Historically, a yoke was shared by a pair of oxen. The load
was not designed to be carried by a single ox alone. Christ wants to share the
weight of our daily struggles with us too, if only we will let Him.
Lord,
when I am tired, carry the load with me. I don’t want to carry it alone. Amen.
© 2019
Dawn M. Wayman
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