September 2, 2019
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
“Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.” Matt. 28: 11-30.
Whether we know it or not or are in denial, all are weary and heavy-laden— burdens that only Christ can remove. The heaviest burden we bear we bear is the burden of sin. If we were left to bear this burden, it would crush us. God became a man without ceasing to be God in the mystery of the incarnation.
He knows, by experience what are the weaknesses of humanity, what our wants, and where lies the strength of our temptations; for He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Are you tempted,He will deliver. Are you weak, He will strengthen. Are you ignorant? He will enlighten. Are you wounded? He will heal. See Ps. 147: 4, 3. Whatever your anxieties and trials, spread out your case before the Lord. Your spirit will be braced for endurance.
The weaker and more helpless you know yourself to be, the stronger you will become in His strength. The heavier your burdens, the more blessed the rest in casting them upon the divine-human Burden Bearer. God bless all this week. NMFDA 328-9.