"For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30).
I've always wrestled with understanding this comforting verse. How is following in Christ's shoes easy? As I've said since the creation of the blog, it has been one of the most challenging experiences of my life. I have been crushed by my faith. It has wrecked me. It has destroyed my old selfish, lost being. I have been crucified and I no longer live (though I never really was alive before surrendering to Christ). How is this easy? Following Christ seems too much for me - not that I am giving up. I can't. Something deep within me will not allow for it. I will press on, and I will follow Christ as best I can. I will walk in His shoes, the ones that paved a way for me to experience something so wonderful that words cannot completely describe.
The reality is that all struggles I face in life are worth enduring in light of the all that Christ has done for me. They are insubstantial in comparison to the fullness of Christ in my life. Christ has carried the load, not by removing the struggle, but by revealing all that He has done for me and the depth of His love and compassion. So the struggle itself may not be easy, but the burden is light.
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