Some years ago I
heard a wonderful story of a poor potato farmer who was on his way to
market carrying a sack of potatoes on his shoulders to sell that day.
As he walked down the road a man on a wagon stopped and offered him a
lift, which he gladly accepted. When he had climbed aboard however,
he continued to carry the sack of potatoes. The kind stranger told
him that he was welcome to lay down the sack of potatoes in the
bottom of the wagon but the simple farmer replied, “you are most
kind dear sir to offer me a ride on your wagon, but I cannot expect
you to carry my potatoes as well so I will keep ahold of them.”
We are quick to see
the absurdity of the potato farmers logic and rapid to judge him as
being a little ignorant, and yet we Christians are just as guilty of
this same flawed logic on a regular basis!
Jesus says in
Matthew 11:28, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.”, and Psalm 55:22 says, “Turn
your burdens over to the LORD, and he will take care of you.” He
extends us the generous offer of being able to turn our earthly
burdens over to Him and He will take them upon Himself so that we do
not need to carry them any longer while on our journey to our final
destination, and yet we still insist on carrying them with us,
labouring under the strain of weights that wear us down instead of
taking Him up on the offer He has freely given us.
This journey that we
all undertake on Earth towards our final destination, the Holy City,
New Jerusalem, Heaven, can be significantly lightened if we learn the
ridiculousness of getting on the Gospel Train that Jesus freely
offers us and then continue to carry our sack of burdens on our
shoulders.
Do you have
troubles? Give them all to Jesus and He will lighten your load and
make your journey a wonder and a joy, to be lived and experienced to
the full!
“Blessed
be the Lord, who daily carries our burden; the God of our salvation.”
(Psalm 68:19)
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