Weight of the World

We may often feel like we have the weight of the world on our shoulders, stressed out beyond belief, with work, household chores, social commitments, being a parent, being a teenager, being a person. We can though, take comfort in being free. We live in this world that has free will. The majority of us we can wander the streets when we want, nip to the shops for a load of bread, do what we like within the law of our land. That is a fortunate position to be in. Imagine not being able to do that?

Imagine being captured, held against your will because of who you are? Having a crown of thorns stuck in your head, being whipped, physically whipped so that you skin splits, being mocked, having your hands and feet pierced with nails which ultimately pin you to a cross, pin you to the place you will die. Torture, beyond any fragment of imagination that we can think of. Now, with all of that, imagine that you are carrying the world's sin, not just your own, not just for today, not just for the years leading up to now, but forever. Now that is the weight of the world.

We are lucky enough to have been forgiven our sin because Jesus died on that cross for us. Appreciate it, thank him for it, he died for all of us, he died for you! When you get stressed at work, when you're ultra-busy, perhaps you are struggling with something personally and it feels so overwhelming and unbearable. Maybe you feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, your responsibilities are huge and you aren't sure what to do? Remember Him, remember his pain and suffering. If he can set the world free from sin, imagine what you can do!