Bearing Burdens

 Galatians 6:5  

"For every man shall bear his own burden."    

   Paul knew the problems that arose in any Christian society. The best of men slip up, it does not mean a deliberate sin; but a slip as a man on an icy road or a dangerous path. Now, the danger of those who are really trying to live the Christian life is that they are apt to judge the sins of others. Sadly to say but there is some hardness in many a good man. And there are many good people to whom you could not go and tell a story of failure and defeat, because they would probably be unsympathetic.    
However, if a man does make a slip, the real Christian duty is to get him on his feet again. The whole meaning of the word restore, stresses not to tear down, but to rebuild.  
   We are not to compare our achievement with the work of our friends and neighbors, but with what our best would have been. When we do that, there can never be any cause for conceit. When we speak of bearing burdens, there is a kind of burden which comes to a man from the chances and the changes of life. "It is fulfilling the law of Christ to help everyone who has such a burden to carry." 
   My Friends, There is also a burden which man must bear himself. There is a duty which none can do for us and a task for which we must be personally responsible. "But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another," (Gal. 6:4). 
 Amen!

Reading: Gal. 6:1-5
Ref: HG SB; BDSB 

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry