resilience | lent devotions

“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.” Matthew 11:28-30, TPT

Jesus knows there are times you need to stop, take a breath, and refocus. And not only does he offer you restoration in those times but also help with the burdens you carry.
Burdens take many forms. Big burdens such as lack, trauma, or a global pandemic can leave you feeling deeply weary and overwhelmed. But there are subtler burdens - sneaky ones that creep up on you! – which also deplete your passion for life and the things of God. I’d put things like worry, anxiety, guilt, anger, and failure on the sneaky burdens list.

To help develop resilience you need to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the thing you’re carrying that you shouldn’t be. Let him minister to you today and take some of the load.

Let’s pray
Lord, help me identify any burdens I am carrying and release them into your love and care. I resolve not to pick them up again. I know your intention for me is that I live joyfully in freedom and abundance. I look to you for refreshment and rest today, confident I will receive everything I need. Thank you so much, Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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