The burden of life, even the Christian life as some know it, is to have to continually make things happen. It is to push our agendas along, even agendas of Christian service, like a heavy cart along a road. Have you ever felt like you have been pushing and pushing but nothing seems to move? Yours might be the noblest cause in the world and yet it will remain a burden to you so long as it remains your agenda. God’s plan is not to bless what you are doing. His plan is that you join him in what he is doing. When you do this, you will be in a place where blessing flows in and through you. It is not your job to push that cart. Jesus calls you to latch onto the cart of what he is doing, and that cart will pull you along. Let go of your aspirations, even those that seem noble and good, and simplify your life to one aspiration only. That is to connect with God and enjoy being a channel for his love and blessing. Don’t begin by doing things. Begin by finding God, surrendering all your aspirations to him and resting in his love. Then you can begin to work out of that rest. There is nothing to achieve when you have this love, other than to simply allow this love to touch those around you. Life becomes simple. Worry dissipates. The burden of life lifts and you are able to flourish. If you don’t have this life, what is it that you have to give anyway?
Seek God, give yourself wholly to him and rest in his love.
Read John 5:16-30
