“Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give thee rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28 – 30)
When I read “all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give thee rest.” I think of those suffering from abuse and addictions. I think of the twelve step programs for alcoholics,
over eaters, sex-olics, drug-olics, gamblers, computer- olics, porn addicts and
all those who are heavy laden the AA Twelve Step Program works. It is the only
thing that does work for the poor soul caught in addictions. At the center of
all of these programs is that they give their burdens to a Higher Power. No matter the sin, we are helpless unless we
look to God and give ourselves to him.
I am quite sure that Christ’ yoke, the steps we are ask to take
– confess our sins, go to church, pray constantly, read the scriptures, pay
tithe, help others – seems too much. Confessing our sins is the hardest part. After that most people wonder what took them so long to give up their heavy
burdens. Once we do and enter into the rest of Christ, how wonderful and
peaceful. It certainly does not mean that we will have no more temptations, no
more slips, but it means we can find rest in the mist of the storm.
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