How You Release Pressure!
"How can I alone bear your problems
and your burdens and your complaints?"
Deuteronomy 1:12
Moses was overwhelmed when leading the children of Israel through
the desert, and he asked in bewilderment, “How can I alone bear your
problems and your burdens and your complaints?” Picture bearing the
problems for an entire nation. The truth is, we can’t even bear our
own
problems, burdens, and complaints. We haven’t the strength, wisdom,
or intestinal fortitude to withstand the weight of life. Even the apostle
Paul said, “We were burdened beyond measure, above strength,
so
that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death
in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who
raises the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
Problems are a testing ground to prove our dependence on God.
When we’re pressed beyond measure, we must cast our burden
on Him who blesses beyond measure. The relief of casting our
cares on God is like the relief one feels when a long ordeal has
ended. We cannot bear our burdens alone, but the Lord Jesus
Christ has risen from the dead with strong shoulders.
He can carry your cares today and He can
also carry you in His omnipotent arms.
"The devil sometimes goes too far. He
drives us straight into the Lord’s arms."
Ruth Bell Graham
