My Help Cometh
"My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth" (Ps. 121:2)
Home Maybe you're trying too hard
"My yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matt. 11:30, Jesus speaking).
These are refreshing words and they come from Jesus Himself.
In the ways of the world, it's fine to work hard to get ahead. But it doesn't
work that way with the ways of God. You have to let go and let Him do it.
There is a yoke but it's easy. There is a burden but it's light.
It's about us working from God not to God.
Jesus tells us that "without Me you can do nothing." That comes from John 15.
In that passage He says He is the vine, and we are the branches. He says that
all that a branch has to do to bear fruit is to abide in the vine. It's just about
abiding not striving.
Works and activity are a consequence of faith, not a cause of faith.
"Be not overly righteous lest you destroy yourself..." (Eccl. 7:16, Solomon speaking, there's the balance.)
Enjoy the freedom,
Every goodness,
Steve and Carol Ost
From us to you... Oct. 024
