<x-tad-bigger>Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Are you one of these modern people who
feels harassed and burdened with all the things you have to do? You
may be young enough to carry on without collapsing, and you may feel
that you simply must have a pill now and then or you can’t get through
the day. And yes, you do try to squeeze in some Bible reading or
something from “the Lord’s messenger,” but then, the more you read the
more guilty you feel for not getting everything done that is “duty.”
Well, here’s a little tidbit from the Lord Jesus Himself that’s
different: “To you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, . . . who have
not known the depths of Satan, . . . I will put upon you no other
burden” (Rev. 2:24). This shows that the Lord Jesus knows what it’s
like to be human and heavily laden. I don’t understand too well the
particular context in “Thyatira” that called forth this compassionate
little remark, but you have the full right to think of Jesus as being
sympathetic to you. You may have thought of the Holy Spirit as
constantly convicting you of sin (John 16:8--that’s true! But it’s
also “comfort,” 14:16!), prodding you always to work harder, to do
more, to pray more, to study your Bible more, to pray more, to pay
more tithe, give more offerings, go on more missionary journeys, get
up earlier, diet more, and you feel exhausted spiritually as well as
physically. Is it the Lord’s will for you?
Stop and think a moment: the Lord Jesus promises He will put a limit
on the “burdens” HE will lay upon you. He even insists that HIS
“burden is light.” And the closer you let Him get to you, His yoke
becomes more “easy” (Matt. 11:28-30). Your lifelong entanglement with
a works program may incline you to think this is heresy; but it’s a
side of Jesus you need to realize. He’s your “Lord,” yes; but He’s
also your Friend.
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