Living Water by Shaylee Bennett

Last spring, I took a friend surfing with me. She had never surfed before and offered to help me carry something. I hate admitting when I need help. So, naturally, I declined her offer and proceeded to stumble down the cliffs with two longboards I could barely carry and a pair of wetsuits. Behind me, she rolled her eyes and smirked at how ridiculous I looked. It was only a matter of time before I would drop something.

Months ago, I started to feel God asking me the same question my friend had asked that day: Why don’t you let me carry that? I could hear Him as He said “That is too heavy for you right now. Let go. Hand it over. It’s okay, It is not too heavy for me.” In Matthew 11 He tells us, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

We were not created to walk through this life alone, carrying our baggage as it grows ever bigger. In Christ, our yoke is lifted from our shoulders and placed on the back of one who is much stronger. Can we learn to admit that we are not strong enough on our own? Can we trust that caring for us is not God’s burden, but His greatest joy? Today, let Him carry your load. Maybe even let Him carry you.

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.” -Isaiah 40:28