No Burden Here!

There are many things that seem so burdensome about life.  For some just getting up and going to work each day is a burden.  Others face difficult personal battles each day.  Some have health problems that cause life to be a burden.  It seems that we all have something in our lives that at one time or another is a burden.  Many misunderstand the commands of God and conclude that they are simply to burdensome to complete.  Some feel His commands and tasks are impossible.  The burden becomes so great for some that they fall away from the faith all together.  But today's reading sets the record stright.  The scriptures declare.

1John 5:3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome..

Those who love God obey God, and obeying his commands is not burdensome according to this verse.  This does not mean His commands are light, easy, or simple.  But because we are His children and the Holy Spirit guides us the scriptures assure us that we are able to do all that we are commanded.   God will never give us more then we can handle.  The burden comes when we remove the Spirit from our lives and we try to do things ourselves.  If you try to walk through the christian journey alone, the burden will be to much.  But with the Holy Spirit all things are possible.  The challenge for today is simple, obey God, and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you, this is the only way we can ever experience the burden-less life that is promised for those who obey His commands.