Galatians 6:2 - Sharing Our Burdens.
Galatians 6:2 (NLT) Share each others
burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
COMMENTARY PEARL
Share The Burden
I heard once about a pastor who always
ended his sermons with these words: "Remember:
everyone you are going to meet this week is carrying
a heavy burden." Over the years I have found
this to be true; I have never met a person who
wasn't weighed down by some kind of problem or
burden. But God wants to help carry everyone's
burdens - one way He does that is by sending someone
into the person's life who can share the burden.
Are there those in your church or
neighborhood carrying a burden right now? Ask God to help
you be a friend to them. Perhaps you can
understand what they are going through, and you can
help relieve the weight of their burden by your
concern. Sometimes all they need is someone who will
listen. Remember that God is "the Father of
compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us
in all our troubles, so that we can comfort
those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves
have received from God" (2 Corinthians 1:3-4
NIV).
How can you help someone with a burden
today? [Peace for Each Day by Billy Graham]
COMMENTARY
Bearing One Anothers Burdens
If you are looking for a way to carry out
Christs command to love your neighbor, Paul has a
suggestion: bear their burdens. At some point, everyone
struggles under the weight of an oppressive situation.
Believers have an obligation to get under that load
next to their brothers and sisters.
Jesus sets the pattern for burden
bearing. He calls to Himself all who are heavy-laden
and gives them rest (Matt. 11:28-29). Since God
predestines believers to be conformed to Christs
likeness, we must imitate His care and concern for
those who suffer. Acts 4:32 shows that the early
church followed His example. To lift the load of
poverty, they pooled their resources so that no one
was in need.
Pauls letters make clear his concern
for the physical and spiritual welfare of
growing churches. He fasted and prayed for them and
sent missionaries when he could. He felt it was
his responsibility to strengthen them, even
though he sustained a personal hardship - his thorn
in the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7).
A believer cannot wait until his life is
clear of obstacles before reaching out to others,
since that day may never come. Even though we have
our own needs, we can do all things through
Christs strength - including sharing someone
elses adversity (2 Cor. 12:9).
When youre willing to wade into
someone elses troubles to help that person hold
up under the weight, two things happen. First,
he or she receives desperately needed blessings
in the form of aid, support, and love. And
second, you fulfill Gods command to love a
neighbor as yourself. [In Touch Daily Devotional by
Charles Stanley at www.intouch.org]
CLOSING PEARL
You must be good before you can do good. You
cannot exert an influence that will transform
others until your own heart has been humbled and
refined and made tender by the grace of Christ. When
this change has been wrought in you, it will be
as natural for you to live to bless others as
it is for the rosebush to yield its fragrant
bloom or the vine its purple clusters. If Christ
is in you the hope of glory, you will
have no disposition to watch others, to expose
their errors. Instead of seeking to accuse and
condemn, it will be your object to help, to bless,
and to save. MB128
LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY
Galatians 6:2 - Sharing Our Burdens.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210520-0945.html
Galatians 6:1, 2 - Burden Bearing.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210607-1038.html
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