Does life ever weigh heavy upon you? It seems as though it is pressing so hard that giving up would be better than going on? It always bothered me as a child when someone would tell me something to the effect of "the Lord is coming back...it is just too bad in this world". Like the Lord was going to come rescue us out of our hardship because no Christian ever had ever experienced hardships such as ours. Seriously?!?
And as a child I thought this was ridiculous...and in essence, it is. But...
I admit I have felt this same way recently. Like the it would be better if the Lord would return and I wouldn't have to experience frustration, fear, anger, heartache. And His returning would be just that. Freedom for "me". But...
Is that what I should be wishing for? Should I want Him to come back to fix my problems? This is SO selfish...so very un-Christlike.
Maybe just maybe He desires us to wish for His return when...
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith."
2 Timothy 4:7
A few Sundays ago we sang this...
"Though the way seems straight and narrow,
All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay."
All I claimed was swept away;
My ambitions, plans and wishes,
At my feet in ashes lay."
And I realized that maybe my life was pressing so hard because it was "my" weight which I had not torched. Maybe I would not dread my life if I was not fighting so hard for "my" life. What if I just let go of what I wanted...I just torched it to ashes? What if I torched my ambitions, plans, and wishes...burnt them to ashes.
What would happen?
What if I just fought the good fight, kept the faith, finished my course? No matter what my course is, no matter how hard or confusing it might be.
I want to look down at my feet one day and see a huge pile of ashes...my ambitions, plans, and wishes. And maybe when He does return, I will have ashes on my feet and hopefully my arms can be filled with HIS ambitions, plans and wishes.
"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matthew 11:30
Lighten the load...burn it to ashes!
