Episode 201 - Weighed Down and Burdened

Welcome to Daily Growth Point, I’m Pastor John Bingham. In her book, The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom told the story of asking her father about something he didn’t think she was old enough to understand. She wrote, “He turned to look at me, … but to my surprise he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case off the seat and set it on the floor. ‘Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?’ He said. I stood up and tugged at it. … ‘It’s too heavy,’ I said. ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘and it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It’s the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you.’”Many times the burdens that we carry are self-imposed. We find ourselves weighed down, because we have taken on things we should not. Do not allow yourself to be encumbered by burdens you were never meant to carry.