Title: Faith is not a hobby
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The religious life is not a hobby (Galatians 6:2)
Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.
When mountaineers climb a high mountain, it seems much easier if they climb empty-handed, but they carry a lot of luggage. The higher you climb the mountain, the more luggage you need. I carry a load that I can handle physically. The burdens that mountain climbers carry make them difficult, but they are essential for climbing the mountain. No one can climb the Himalayas without carrying a load. It is difficult and heavy, but you can climb it by carrying the necessary equipment to climb the rocks. The burden makes his steps heavy, but the burden carries him to the high mountains.
Just as those who climb a high mountain must carry their burdens to climb the mountain, so those who go to heaven must also carry their burdens. Jesus said that those who follow Jesus must carry their burdens and follow Him in order to follow Him. “And he said to the crowds, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). We can follow the Lord only when we take up the cross that the Lord carried and follow Him. We must carry the burden of material things, the burden of evangelism, the burden of service, and the burden of service. If you do nothing and live your life of faith without any burden, you will do well, but faith that does not carry burdens will not last long. can't develop. When you go up the back garden, you can wear a sweatshirt without carrying any luggage. But a high mountain can never be climbed without a load.
How should I bear the Lord's burden? To bear the Lord's burden, we must first put it down. We must lay down the burden of sin and the burden the world has placed on us. We cannot carry the burden the Lord has given us without putting down these two burdens. You must come before the Lord, confess your sins, repent, and put it down with contrite. No one can bear the burden the Lord has given them unless they come before the Lord thoroughly and repent. The world has burdened us with material things, success, and winning the competition. But the Lord said that if you make others well, you will be blessed. He said to go low rather than high. The burden of the world is heavy, but the burden the Lord has given is light.
They come with good facilities from mega-churches and tempt them to live a life of faith without burdening themselves comfortably. But it is not believing in Jesus. Can't believe in Jesus without burden and without burden. Believing in Jesus is not a hobby. If you want to go to your hobbies without any burden, you can go and quit if you don't want to. But the Lord said that going to heaven is a burden, not a hobby, for us to follow Him. It is the way of life that you have to go even if you are hungry, you have to go even if you are poor, and you have to go even if you are suffering. Let's do the Lord's work. Let's do the Lord's work even in hardships and trials.