In high school I used to work out with a tortuous device we simply called “the sled”. It was a metal sled hooked to a harness on which we would place weight plates; we would then run a series of sprints. The weight of the sled and the weights made simple sprints extremely hard; you could not do very many before you were tuckered out from the heavy load.
Many people are tugging around the weight of sins, failures and disappointments. We try so hard within ourselves to be good people, to be successful, to have purpose. We exhaust our efforts and end up going through the motions of life; dreading each day, feeling as if there is no hope. We become depressed because we cannot fix our problems; we are tired, we are anxious; we are lost in hopelessness and disparity.
Does this describe you? Have you found yourself so weighted down with care, concern and good works so that you are just worn out? As a Christian you feel like you should be so much farther in life, you should be doing so much more for God, and you should be a better person. Maybe you feel like you cannot go another step; you are spent. Perhaps your world feels like it is crashing down and no matter what you do, it seems to get worse. Listen to the words of Jesus.
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28 (NKJV)
Will you accept Christ’s generous offer of rest? Go to Jesus and let Him undo the harness, so you may drop the weights that you have been needlessly carrying. He does not want you to be overburdened. He wants to give you peace and rest; He said so Himself. He is waiting for you!
