It's crazy how easy it is for God to bear our burdens. Now, I don't mean to devalue Christ's sacrifice for us, but just consider this command, "Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you." So many thousands of believers across the map and throughout history have approached Christ with these burdens in order to cast them off and submit their worries to Him. Jesus has taken scads of burdens from all these people and yet He is not buried, He is not weighed down. In fact, not only does Christ carry our burdens without complaint, but He manages to walk alongside us and sustain us. Christ loves us in a way nobody else can, and that is why he is a King so worth having in control of our lives. He's the real deal.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. ~Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
In Philippians, Paul speaks of a peace the surpasses all understanding. Have you ever experienced this? Have you ever felt a peace inside you during a time in life when you would least expect it to be there? Did it feel surreal? I believe that this kind of peace is one of the main ways God reaches out to those who start to believe in Him, and it is the way He proves Himself to us. You can know all there is to know about God, but if you have never experienced His peace, then you only know of God and you truly know not His presence in your life.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
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