0413 重担不堪负荷,怎么办?

0413 重担不堪负荷,怎么办?

你要把你的重担卸给耶和华《诗篇 55:22

我们必须认识到我们正确承担的负担和错误负担之间的区别,我们永远不应该背负罪或怀疑的负担,但有些负担是神却放在我们身上的,祂并不打算卸下这些重担。神希望我们将这些重担转回给祂——实际上就是「抛掷你的重担」,那是祂已经给你的,「到耶和华身上」。如果我们开始事奉神并做祂的工,但却与祂失去接触,我们感受到的责任感会是压倒性和令人挫败的。但只要我们将神放在我们身上的负担转回去给神,祂就会消除那种巨大的责任感,取而代之的是对祂自己和祂临在的认识和理解。

许多仆人带着极大的勇气和正确的动机开始事奉神,但由于与耶稣基督没有亲密的相交,他们很快就被打败了。他们不知道如何处理自己的负担,这产生出他们生活中的疲惫。其他人会看到这一点并说:「一个有如此伟大开始的事情,何竟以如此悲哀结局告终!」

「把你的重担卸给耶和华」,你一直在承受这一切,但你需要刻意地把这些放在神的肩膀上, 「政权必担在他的肩头上」(以赛亚书 9:6)。将神加给你的任何重担都交托给祂,不要只是把它扔到一边,而要把它交给祂,并把你自己连它一起交托。你会发现你的负担因有了同伴的感觉而变轻了;但你永远不应该试图将自己与你的负担分开。

来自章伯斯的智慧

基督徒对圣经的重要关系不是他崇拜字句,而是圣灵使圣经的字句成为他的灵和生命。《救赎心理学》

0413 What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming

Cast your burden on the Lord… —Psalm 55:22

We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens of sin or doubt, but there are some burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off. God wants us to roll them back on Him— to literally “cast your burden,” which He has given you, “on the Lord….” If we set out to serve God and do His work but get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility we feel will be overwhelming and defeating. But if we will only roll back on God the burdens He has placed on us, He will take away that immense feeling of responsibility, replacing it with an awareness and understanding of Himself and His presence.

Many servants set out to serve God with great courage and with the right motives. But with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, they are soon defeated. They do not know what to do with their burden, and it produces weariness in their lives. Others will see this and say, “What a sad end to something that had such a great beginning!”

“Cast your burden on the Lord….” You have been bearing it all, but you need to deliberately place one end on God’s shoulder. “…the government will be upon His shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6). Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.

WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS

The vital relationship which the Christian has to the Bible is not that he worships the letter, but that the Holy Spirit makes the words of the Bible spirit and life to him. –The Psychology of Redemption, 11006L