“(28) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29
In our life, we always faced difficulty. Small or big, easy or hard to handle, continuously or seldom, they always come. They peek and get ready to “attack” us as soon as they can. So what we should do when the problem is coming and “attack”?
1. Be Strong
We, as young men of God, must remember that we are strong, because the Lord makes us strong. It is clearly stated that every problem that we are facing is not bigger than our strength. “1 Cor 10:13”. Therefore why should we afraid of? Some youngster tends to find alternative when they are facing a problem. Some of them going to the club, get drunk, while the other “plays” with drugs. The current lifestyle for Christians, if they have problems, they will runaway from it. They know they can’t go to club, took any drugs, or do any sinful things, therefore, they just runaway from it. Tell me, how can those things solve a problem? It just shows that we are weak. Then what should we do? FACE it!!! Remember 1 Cor 10:13
2. Surrender
How to surrender to God? (Matthew 11:28). I already put it unto God, but the problem still there. The question is not how to surrender, but after we surrender, do we have any action to end the problem? Surrender to God means while we are weary and burden, He gives us a place for rest. Lets take an example on a Young Men who lived in a mountain and are deemed to bring water from a lake. At first, it seems there would not be any problem. The road is slopping down and makes him easy to walk. He brings 2 empty buckets, so there won’t be any problem at all. He fills the buckets with water, and now, its time for him to go home. Problems start coming one by one. The buckets are heavy now. And the roads is slopping up, and even make him harder to go up. In the half way through his home, there is a small gazebo, and he stops, sits and rests there. After that, did he just leave the bucket there? No, he carried it back until he reach home. We always think after we surrender, then everything will be okay and the problem will go by itself. No it’s not that way. Problem wont go away unless we end it. But while we are tired and we are exhausted, God gave us a place and tell us to surrender.
So, in short, remember these two verses whenever we feel weak facing our problems
Matthew 11:28
1 Cor 10:13
Words of God are a healer and cooler for our souls
Happy Weekend
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