What you can bear
If I had a dime for everytime someone said, God won't give you more than you can bear, I'd be rich.
So I was thinking about this today. So many of us, in so much pain, and a lot of us believe that God has given us more than we can bear? But did He?
I make an analogy. I went to the grocery store the other day. Now, we're living in the day of price cuts, of grocery stores pinching pennys. Some of them are doing this by cutting back on the number of bags they give you. So, this checker used two bags and crammed it with everything she could get in there. I'm talking cans, bottles, jars. Anyhow, I watched her put all this stuff in there and thought, how am I going to get those two bags up to the third floor? Afterall, I live in a building without elevators. So I look at her as she hands them to me. I tried to pick up the first bag and then the second. They were too heavy and I told her so. She then grabbed two more bags and put some of my items in them. Once divided, I was able to manage the bags without problems.
So basically, I told the checker that the two bags were too heavy for me. That I couldn't carry them. Before I told her that, she was happy to hand me the two heavy bags, even though it was obvious that I, a middle-aged, out of shape woman couldn't carry them. The man standing behind me, a tall, beefy guy, probably wouldn't have had a problem at all. He could carry more.
So maybe that's what we have to do with God. He won't give us more than we can bear. But He also tells us to bring our burdens to Him and leave them there. And that's how I'm getting through this. I take my burdens to God. Now, sometimes I end up getting some of them back. And sometimes I divide my day between one problem or another--sort of like the bags being divided and therefore easier to carry. Still, I'm managing better than I would have without God's help.
I guess what I'm saying is that most of us wouldn't have a problem asking a store checker to lessen our loads. We may even ask for help out to the car, or maybe have it delivered. So why not ask God to carry our burden?
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22 (AMP)
So I was thinking about this today. So many of us, in so much pain, and a lot of us believe that God has given us more than we can bear? But did He?
I make an analogy. I went to the grocery store the other day. Now, we're living in the day of price cuts, of grocery stores pinching pennys. Some of them are doing this by cutting back on the number of bags they give you. So, this checker used two bags and crammed it with everything she could get in there. I'm talking cans, bottles, jars. Anyhow, I watched her put all this stuff in there and thought, how am I going to get those two bags up to the third floor? Afterall, I live in a building without elevators. So I look at her as she hands them to me. I tried to pick up the first bag and then the second. They were too heavy and I told her so. She then grabbed two more bags and put some of my items in them. Once divided, I was able to manage the bags without problems.
So basically, I told the checker that the two bags were too heavy for me. That I couldn't carry them. Before I told her that, she was happy to hand me the two heavy bags, even though it was obvious that I, a middle-aged, out of shape woman couldn't carry them. The man standing behind me, a tall, beefy guy, probably wouldn't have had a problem at all. He could carry more.
So maybe that's what we have to do with God. He won't give us more than we can bear. But He also tells us to bring our burdens to Him and leave them there. And that's how I'm getting through this. I take my burdens to God. Now, sometimes I end up getting some of them back. And sometimes I divide my day between one problem or another--sort of like the bags being divided and therefore easier to carry. Still, I'm managing better than I would have without God's help.
I guess what I'm saying is that most of us wouldn't have a problem asking a store checker to lessen our loads. We may even ask for help out to the car, or maybe have it delivered. So why not ask God to carry our burden?
Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22 (AMP)
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