LEAVING IT AT HIS FEET.

Mathew 11:28-30

“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 by burden is light.

A yoke is a bond that keeps us CLOSE to God a yoke is our link to God.  Although no analogy can really describe who God is, the simplest has been that  of an egg and it’s three components, which we often describe as the Godheads, father, son and spirit they are intertwined as one.  God is giving us the opportunity via the verse in Mathew to understand that we as His children can share our burdens with Him for we are His and part of His creation moreover intertwined because "we are a products of His image" as my pastor often phrases.

He doesn’t want you to carry it on your own. He needs you to come and receive that rest that He describes in the scripture. A rest that is defined as a freedom from anxiety as well a place where we can depend on Him. For when all things and all hell breaks loose around you, the men or people you depend on or look up to slowly drift away leaving you often times hopeless and vulnerable to the snares of the masses.

But today, or where ever you find yourself, God is saying "come to me with all your burdens" not 1, not 2, not ½, not a ¼, but ALL of your burdens!

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

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In times when the tides are evidently high around you, when the masses and people you trust betray you and are finding a reason to tear you down, break you and drag you beneath the depths, in times when choices in life has landed you in situations that seem unbearable, in times when a hope in a career paths landed you in a place not of your choice and you are questioning why... you need to make a conscious effort to reach to our King of Kings and Lord of lords. This is when you need to keep our prayer communication charged to defeat the snares of your enemies(self, spiritual, and physical enemies). This is a time wherein you need to make a conscious effort not to allow your anxieties make you a victim of your circumstance. 

A man walks into a restaurant and sits at the lightly dimmed table. Tired from his day and thinking on the next steps to take on how he would tell his wife, a stay at home mom that a deal on a merger for their business had failed causing them to loose thousands of dollars. Deep in thoughts he looks at the menu and randomly chose an item that was pleasing to his eye. When the seemingly delicious food 

was placed before him its steam rose in the ray of the light reflecting on the table…for a brief moment he forgot his worries as his mouth watered at the dish. He took the spoon said a silent prayer and took a heaping bite. E-e-e he choked with regrets he grabbed for a napkin that was spurled across the table and spit the food from his mouth…

What does this mean, we often place orders based on what we feel like or what the menu looks like sometimes at the restaurant without us really knowing what the food is going to taste like. At the end when it is not good we forget to remember we were responsible for the orders. We asked for it and it was given to us.  

We often as Christian, place demands on God due to what we may be feeling and not what He wants for us. When we find solutions that are pleasing to our eyes and are satisfied in our own judgment we think it is God who has answered. But have we really thought is this what you want for me Father(God).

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Too many hasty choices at pivotal moments in life leave us feeling like the regretful person who placed the wrong order without realizing it would be taste like sour grapes to his mouth just because it was pleasing to  the likes of his eyes.

At the point you find ourselves trapped, lost , pondering on what the next steps should be in your life…you need to ask God, What do I need to do now. Please guide me in every decision I have to make least I place the wrong order. 

Instead of worrying about drowning in the depths of the seas, instead of worrying about what others might be thinking, instead of looking for solutions that our eyes deem necessary, We need the Light of Jesus to guide us in the direction the God says is necessary for us to experience His glory. We have to be still and know that He has taken over our burdens. If you allow God for His own glory to take on your burdens, and conceal a matter on your behalf like proverb 25:2 reminds us, He God will allow you to experience a fragment of His splendor here on earth as you continue to uphold the truth of righteousness. Romans confirms this promise!

Romans 5:1-21
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...

A hope to experience God’s glory…  All God wants is for us to trust beyond all measures. Are we willing to say Lord not my will but yours be done? It is easier said than done right?  But the Same God who will not lie nor lead us stray will grant us the tools necessary to cope. The same God who granted the Israelites a right of passage at the red sea will give us the strength to cross over. The same God who gave David victory over goliath will give you victory over your situation!

Be strong and don’t get weary for you have God to depend on not man.  Jesus spoke to his disciples in Mathew, he said the harvest is ripe and the workers are a few. Ask the Lord of harvest therefore to send out workers into His harvest fields.

May the dedication in prayer  and obedience to God give you strength to continue to strive. For in your obedience, in your hope in him, in your endurance  you  will  be blessed as He promised in Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68

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“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl”.

Where you may have defaulted unconsciously in guiding your steps  in life, your ministry and or your family, friend, or a loved one,  may the Blood of Jesus pardon you and create a new heart of dedication and expectation for the work you have to do on yourself, your community, and ministries as you are called to do as His children. He is faithful enough to forgive us, cleanse us and give us all a fresh start.  May God bless you and us all as we rededicate ourselves to His work, life and ministries!

Catherine K.