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The
Life of a Burden-Bearer
Burden-bearing
is one of the highest callings...
for
one who has devoted their life to being Christ-like. A
"Burden Bearer" is a calling to lay our lives
down for others.
The
"Calling" is found in Galatians 6:2:
Bear ye one another's
burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.
This law that Christ established was the
law of loving one another. Christ laid down His life and
took up the burden of the sins of all mankind.
Therefore, He was the Greatest Burden-Bearer. It takes
love for another to lay your life, your schedule, and
your own needs down for another.
According to Galatians it is the greatest
form of love.
Greater love hath no man
than he lay down his life for his friends.
We are all to love others and serve them by
sharing their burdens, but God has gifted some people to
be able to hold their heart open and feel the enormity
of suffering and pain that others are going through. A
person who has been gifted as a "Burden
Bearer" may find life difficult when they feel so
much pain all around them, but their Call is to serve
the Lord, therefore they are only to carry the burdens
that are given by Him.
The greatest burden bearer
Surely our grief He bore
and our sorrows He carried (Isaiah
53:4 NAS)
A Burden Bearer must learn from Christ -
the Greatest Burden Bearer - how to minister and serve
others by bearing their burdens. God is the only
one who can do anything about the burden, so a burden
bearer is the connector between others and the
Lord by bringing the burdens to Him. Many times all they
are to do is take the burden and release it to the Lord
in prayer.
We were so burdened with pain and sin that
we needed Christ to come and take our burden on the
cross. The same is true when we are bearing the burdens
for others, their burden is so heavy that they need
someone to come alongside and help them carry the burden
to the Lord.
What a wonderful opportunity and Blessing
it is to serve others as a Burden Bearer. Do you
sometimes feel the burden that others carry in such an
intense way, that you actually hurt yourself? When you
visit with friends, do they often "unload"
things that are hurting them without even being
prompted?
In our next class, we'll learn more about
how a Burden Bearer "draws" the burdens of
others- and how that pain needs to be dealt with.
Until tomorrow...
Rest in Him
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