Just relax and let God be God.’ It is a great comfort to know that a loving God is ultimately in control of everything that happens.
In the face of some tragedy or when things had gone badly wrong: ‘The Lord reigns.’ Let's confidently trust in the sovereign Lord. God is in ultimate control of the universe.
Trust in the sovereignty of God and keep on believing that he will never forsake us. Lean on and confidently put our trust in Him, for the Lord have not forsaken those who seek Him. Sing praises to the Lord. Proclaim to the nation what He has done. And always Pray.
(Psalm 9:7-12)
In a stressful world where so many are ‘weary and burdened’, Jesus promises us rest. He offers to take our burdens and replace them with his own. The yoke (something that Jesus would have made in the carpenter's shop) was a wooden frame joining two animals (usually oxen) at the neck, enabling them to pull a plough or wagon together. The function of the yoke is to make burdens easier to carry. I love this image of walking in step with Jesus, sharing our burdens, making the trials to be endured and the battles to be faced ‘easy’ and ‘light’ by comparison.
Jesus is not a slave driver. When we pursue his agenda for our life we carry a burden but it is ‘not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant. When we do what Jesus asks us to do, he gives us the strength and wisdom to do it and we carry his burden with him. There will, of course, be many challenges and difficulties, but there will also be a lightness and ease.
Jesus says to you: ‘Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and we’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly’. God works his purposes out in spite of our weakness, vulnerability and sin. Jacob was a deceiver. What we sow, we reap. He sowed deception and he reaped deception from Laban (Gen. 29:25b). We can trust God that he will ultimately in control of our life as well and that ‘in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose’ (Romans 8:28).
Amidst of all that we are facing, whether it is problem on physical, emotional, psychological and even the worst problem that we are facing always remember before it happens God has already the answer, So, just relax and let God be God.
