Is your life heavy? Is there anything unbearable with which you're dealing? Are there burdens that you would rather disappeared through the night? Sometimes we wish we can stay horizontal in bed in the morning, so that our burdens don't weigh us down so much. Then we get out of bed and EVERYTHING seems to drop.
From Luke, chapter one: 51You have shown strength with your arm...
In Jesus, God responded with the strength of his arm. The girl who first declared these words was named Mary. We don't know her age, but it's likely she was between 14 and 18. Not so powerful by the world's standards. Mary is responding to the angelic announcement that she will be delivering a very special baby boy. As he grows in her womb, her center of gravity will change. True hydraulics will be brought to bear in Mary, by the Spirit of God. These are the early signs of the leveraging that God is doing for the sake of the world. The whole world, according to the promise, will be turned upside down. That takes a very strong arm. Mary declares that God has lifted up the lowly. He has brought the tyrant down, and has lifted the oppressed up. The pivot point is Christ, who is being formed in Mary's womb. Lucky for her, Jesus is born and takes the weight of the world's sorrow and brokenness on himself at the ultimate leveraging place, a cross on a small hill. At the crucifixion of Jesus God's arm righted the world in a mighty way.
Hydraulics is the phenomenon of fluid being forced through various containers (pipes, tubes, cylinders) so that with very little effort on the part of the "pusher" and the aid of hydraulics, very heavy objects can be lifted or moved. The technology can be traced all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. But we know it goes even further back, into the mind of God.
I suggest you don't try to leverage your burdens on your own. Your spirit cannot bear the pressure. But you do know Someone who not only CAN bear them, he HAS, and he WANTS to. He's taking the heaviness away... now.
Where does God start this job in you? What is God lifting? Let me know!
For me, God is lifting my doubt of myself. It's pretty heavy.
"Joy is a net of love that can catch souls" (Mother Teresa)
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