I have 60 people on my Christmas card list this year. There are more than 10 people to buy for. That’s just Christmas stuff. The Lord blessed me with a new job a few months ago. The more people I get to know there, the longer my prayer list grows. That’s on top of the huge to-do list that multiplies at Christmas time.
Sometimes, it seems the load the lord gives me (and you!) is too much to bear.
Picture a little donkey, with a pregnant woman on his back. And her possessions. And her husband’s. What a load he bore. Imagine a teenage girl, pure and righteous, pregnant out of wedlock, carrying God’s child. That’s a hefty load.
Here’s the truth: the more people we know, the more we have to bear. The little baby boy born in to the woman riding the donkey had the whole world in His hands…a load we cannot fathom.
Jesus knows EVERYONE. And, because He loves, He bears it ALL.
“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.”
-Isaiah 53:4
Christ came with the weight of our every burden upon Him. He carried that to the cross and down to the grave. Today, He continues to bear our loads, saying that we can cast all our cares upon Him.
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love.”
–Ephesians 4:2
The burdens and loads we do bear, given by the Lord, are light because He’s holding us.
Take on one more Christmas card to make that new friend’s day. Stop to pray with the loved one now. Cross something off of your to-do list to take time to praise the one who has taken the time to walk with you through it all.
Behold, the bearer of the world.
Behold, the bearer of the best news we all need to hear.
Behold, the bearer who is bearing you today!