Good morning Zebras,
Yesterday as I was walking with my “Holy Spirit sticks”
(the sticks I use that turn walking into a whole-body exercise, reduce impact
on knees and hips, and allow me to walk further and faster than I could without
them) I passed a woman carrying hand weights.
She was a large lady and the last thing she needed was to
add more weight to her already stressed frame. But I’m sure she read somewhere
that carrying hand weights would increase weight loss.
I thought about telling her about my sticks because I knew
they would make her walk more enjoyable and she would get the results she was
looking for, but unsolicited advice is not always well received. So, I just
kept walking.
But as I did I thought about how Christians live their
lives. Too often we carry hand weights when we should be holding on to our
sticks.
Matthew 11:28–30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for
I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
God did not come in human flesh and die upon a cross so
that we could have a list of rules. They
already had a list of rules. He came to set them free from the law of sin and
death and to reconcile the world to Himself.
If you live out your faith by always “trying” you are like
the lady carrying the weights. But if
you realize nothing good lives in you and give up your right to yourself the Holy
Spirit, which lives in all who have salvation, will have control of your life
and it won’t be you trying to do things, it will be God doing them.
The difference is subtle, but it changes everything. I know because I’ve lived both ways.
Love,
Jill
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