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Sunday, May 2,
2010
Easing Of The Burden
Will you allow the Lord to show you what
needs to be removed and how to empty your backpack today? Now some things
you will be able to cast aside quite easily, but there are other things
that are a bit harder to let go of or to find; things that you have been
hanging on to for probably a very long time, and may have forgotten about
because you stuffed it way into the bottom of your spiritual backpack. You
may or may not know what these are. It takes the Lord to enlighten the eyes
of our understanding to see what it is that needs to be discarded for us to
move forward in our Spiritual walk with Him.
Those of you who know what it is like to
dig through a bag with a lot of stuff in it trying to find the one thing
you are looking for sometimes takes a bit of time and it can be frustrating
because you know that it is in that bag. Spiritually; first, cease from
your own works. If you are trying to find it on your own, then it will take
more time because you become so frustrated that you forget that the Lord is
here to help you; to enlighten your eyes to see what it is that needs to be
dealt with, easing the burden, in order for your Spiritual growth to
continue.
If you are trying to let go of that which
you have been hanging on to for many years it takes time as well and a lot
of hard work. The hard work is getting the flesh, the old nature that is
comfortable or used to the way things are, into subjection to the Spirit.
The easing of the burden is met through the strength of our Lord Jesus
Christ. He has been right where you are and relied on the leading of the
Spirit to overcome the world. On our own it will seem impossible but with
God all things are possible. In and through Christ you are able to let go
of that which is no longer beneficial to your walk in the Spirit. Remember
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; you can’t take the old
with you; it is weighing you down Spiritually and you will be unable to
soar up and meet Him in the air come the time the Lord calls you home to be
with Him for eternity.
Isaiah
40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (KJV)
So
today, wait upon the Lord to give you instruction on that which He is
asking you to empty out of your spiritual backpack, the easing of the
burden. Because if you wait, He will renew your strength and enable you to
overcome in the area He is asking you too. For where the Lord is there is
always strength, without Him you can do nothing. Spiritual strength, the
power of Christ, gives us liberty and allows us to mount up with wings as
eagles, and soar above the cares and concerns of this life, and experience
joy above and beyond what we could have asked or thought.
Philippians
4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
2
Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for
my strength is made perfect
in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,
that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (KJV)
So
in closing, my beloved brethren, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ would
grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with
might by His Spirit in the inner man; and that you will allow the Lord this
day to ease your burden and put a skip in your Spiritual step with joy
unspeakable and for all to see.
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