Loads are meant to either be foundational or bearing, like walls. Some walls do not really bear the load of the second floor structure. Others walls, if weakened or removed would cause the structure to collapse.
Rather than being a load inducer, one that causes another to bear a load, be a load sharer, a load bearing sharer! That’s the observation and recommendation from one traveling pastor of record. “Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.” And what is the law of Christ, you might ask? Is it not the essence of His becoming one of us, taking on, bearing the very weight of our sins? So we obediently follow His law, that of exemplified love.
In following His law, “Let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives.” Therein, there is no other interpretation, rather, application.
Father, as Your children through Your Son, draw us by Your Spirit to be not inflictors or inducers, but load bearing sharers, as we through Your love, “Give all our worries and cares to You, for You care about us.”
Galatians 6:2, Colossians 3:15-16, 1 Peter 5:7 NLT
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