"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
I wrote down this verse during a time in my life where I was burning my candle at both ends; over-committed at work, over-committed in my social life, over-committed in my volunteer work. Everywhere I looked I tried to give more until I eventually ran out of anything to give. Yet, if you had asked me if I thought I was doing God's will I probably would have said yes.
But God doesn't want us to burn the candle at both ends, He doesn't want us to burn ourselves out. Sadly so many who love Christ, in both the secular world and the ministry, fall victim to this habit of overdoing. The reasons are plentiful so I'm not going to go into them. The reasons don't really matter. What matters is that Christ has a better plan in store for us. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. It is us that make His yoke difficult and His burden heavy. We are the ones that pick up more, that must always do more.
Let us remember that God will never give us more than we can handle. He equips us to complete everything He calls us to. If we trust in His undeniable love and seek His wisdom, He will show us where to devote our limited time and energy - for the benefit of His kingdom and for our benefit as well.
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This is one of my most favorite verses! Thanks for the reminder that although He will never give me more than I can handle it is possible that not everything I am involved in was "given" to me by Him!
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