It is easy to become heavy burdened in a world that seems filled with problems… You may feel hard-pressed on all sides as we walk through what feels like mire. You may feel heavy hearted, concerned, weary, discouraged, anxious, depressed. You can’t turn the news on without it adding to your concerns. Fake news and you don’t know what direction to turn or who to believe, perhaps your head feels like it is spinning, and life feels out of control… There IS Someone you can believe, it’s God. There ARE answers for you to know, they are ALL in His Word, which is filled with God’s truth. God is not a God that He would lie. The Bible IS the LIVING Word of God, full of promises for those who will listen and believe and accept Him. There is peace to be found, it IS found in the peace that passes ALL understanding, except God wants to give it to you, He wants to give you, His peace. You only need to turn away from ALL the confusion, ALL the distractions, ALL the noise and listen. The Shepherd is calling your name. He’s coming for you, deep inside of you your spirit is turning, it’s tuning in because the hands that created you and knows you more intimately than you even know yourself is calling your name. Quiet your heart and hear Him. He IS the way, He IS the truth, He IS the life. He IS the lifter of your head; you only have to LET Him. Let Him lift your head. Listen, John 8:24 Jesus says:
“I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins.”
If you are a Christian (part of who God is calling) you may also find yourself weary, looking to God wondering if He is hearing the prayers you are praying, (He is). Wondering when you are going to see answers to those prayers. Interceding for loved one’s salvation, feeling like you are fighting battle after battle, and you are battle weary. You are losing heart. God is calling you too. You need a refreshing of Holy Spirit. The burdens you are carrying God did not mean for you to take on. Yes, as Christians we are to pray and intercede BUT it is up to God to change hearts. It is up to God to work and show Himself in the same way He removed the blinders off your eyes.
In each situation, whatever it may be – GOD IS THE ANSWER. Our God IS steadfast. Our God IS the LIVING God. He is not some on-the-paper-only, pie-in-the-sky God. He is an up close and personal God. He is the NOW God. Actually, in Revelations 1:8 God says:
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
As He said to Moses in Exodus 3:14:
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”
He says His name – I AM. He is the I AM God. Which means His Word is relevant to every situation. Listen, God did NOT call us to BE the answer. He called us to walk in the awareness that He IS the answer. We are NOT the answer – GOD IS. I’ll say it again – GOD IS. He is THE ANSWER for WHATEVER you are looking for. You only have to believe it. God has called US to believe. Look into your heart and ask yourself if you REALLY believe Him. Believe Him. Believe His Word. Believe He loves you! Because the truth is – He does! See John 3:16:
“God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall NOT perish but have everlasting life.”
God’s Word IS true. See 2 Timothy 3:16:
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…”
God IS the answer. He’s been there ALL along waiting for us to come into the realization that He has always been before us. He has been standing there calling your name, waiting for you to choose Him. Will you choose Him this day? Make a decision for Him? Ask Him into your heart, to be Lord of your life as He originally intended? To become and accept Him as your Savior? Jesus died on the cross for forgiveness of YOUR sins. He wants to wrap His arms around you, love you up mighty much. Show you good and marvelous things. It just requires your turning away from the noise and listening to the One who is calling your name. He loves you so so much!
If you have already made Him your Lord and Savior and you have been believing Him in prayer, for loved ones, for situations, for desires, for directions – whatever it is, God HEARS you. God did not mean for us to take on the world’s burdens, Jesus said, in Matthew 11:28-30:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
In our fervent prayers, we have to remember that we are to present our requests to Him, believing that He will answer them. Our duty IS to pray and to believe God answers prayers according to His will. And if you are interceding for the salvation of loved ones, it IS His will that they will not be lost. Keep praying, do not lose faith, but recognize that it is God who changes hearts, not us.
I heard a quote yesterday from the director of the series “The Chosen,” Dallas Jenkins, he said:
“Our job is not to feed the 5000 but to provide the loafs and fish.” (See Matthew 14:13-21)
God has called us to intercede to pray but the truth of the matter it is God who answers prayers. Mark 11:24 says:
“Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Sometimes we have to check ourselves and ask ourselves, do WE believe God answers prayer? Perhaps we have to pray for ourselves, that God will give us a greater measure of faith to believe what His word says.
God doesn’t want us to be heavy burdened, but to bring each concern to Him. This is why prayer is important, it is conversing with God. Isn’t it ironic that the thing that unburdens us is the last thing we sometimes look to do? The answer is right before us, the answer is ALWAYS God. We only have to believe. Believe He is the answer. Believe He answers prayers. Believe God is right there with you right now, waiting for you to talk with Him. The time to unburden yourself, is now. He’s listening. He loves you; He is the answer. He’s there.
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