In a village, a poor woman was carrying a bundle of clothes on her head to proceed to another village. As she was old and weak, she was hoping someone would take pity and give a helping hand. A young man passing by in his car took pity and gave her a lift. People can help to carry heavy loads and to perform heavy tasks but there is no one who is able to carry the burdens of her heart.
The young man, who gave the poor woman with the load a lift, was able to relieve her only of her physical burdens but was not able to understand or to bear the burdens of her heart. People who are heavy hear-ted will not be able to progress in life and eventually will break down due to increasing pressures, illness and worry. There are people who have been known to suicidal and too have mental breakdowns.
The burdens of a man cannot be relieved or borne by man or for that matter physician. Only God who created mankind is able to relieve the burdens and give meaning and purpose to life. The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I will show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me-watch how i do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly." Mathew 11:28 (The Message)
Your sickness, sins, sorrows, weakness and curses was carried on the cross by the Lord Jesus Christ
" Who believes what we've heard and seen?
Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?
The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.
We’re all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost.
We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong,
on him, on him.
He was beaten, he was tortured,
but he didn't say a word.
Like a lamb taken to be slaughtered
and like a sheep being sheared,
he took it all in silence.
Justice miscarried, and he was led off—
and did anyone really know what was happening?
He died without a thought for his own welfare,
beaten bloody for the sins of my people.
They buried him with the wicked,
threw him in a grave with a rich man,
Even though he’d never hurt a soul
or said one word that wasn't true.
Still, it’s what God had in mind all along,
to crush him with pain.
The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin
so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life.
And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him.
Out of that terrible travail of soul,
he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it.
Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant,
will make many “righteous ones,”
as he himself carries the burden of their sins.
Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly—
the best of everything, the highest honors—
Because he looked death in the face and didn't flinch,
because he embraced the company of the lowest.
He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many,
he took up the cause of all the black sheep." Isaiah 53:1-12 (The Message)
Dear friends, you who are reading this blog, you may not have anyone who is able to understand your sorrows and heaviness of your heart. You could be suffering because of others who are giving you much trouble and problems and this is giving you sorrows and heaviness of heart. In spite of helplessness, you do not have anyone to turn to. You may not be able to talk of your burdens to anyone and there is no one to really understand and this could be causing you to shed tears. Do not worry. The Lord Jesus Christ is there to help. He who carried all your burdens on the cross, wants to give you rest.
Believe in Him and accept Him as your Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Confess your sins and you will be saved. A great peace will flood your heart and your burdens will be lifted.