Give Him Your Burden

“Whoever has entered His rest has ceased from his own works, just as God did from His” — Hebrews 4:10.

What a rest it would be for many of us if we could only exchange burdens with Christ! We could transfer all our cares and needs to Him so completely and forever that we would no longer feel responsible for our own burdens. We would know that He has undertaken all their care, that our faith is simply to carry His burdens, while He prays, labors, and suffers only for us and our interests.

This is what He truly invites us to do. “Come to Me,” He says, “all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” Then He adds, “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me.” He takes our yoke and we take His. We find it a thousand times easier to carry one of His burdens than to carry our own. How much more delightful it is to spend an hour in prayer for someone else than five minutes pleading for ourselves. Are we not weary of carrying our wretched loads?

For this His mercy sought you,
And into all His fullness brought you.
By the precious blood that bought you,
Pass it on.