April 13: Joy Through Tribulation.
Bearing Our Burdens With Joy.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Makes us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.--Psalm 90:14-16, ESV
LET ME ASSURE YOU that the struggles and conflicts which must be endured in the discharge of duty, the self-denials and sacrifices which must be made if we are faithful to Christ, are not created by Him. They are not imposed by arbitrary or unnecessary command; they do not come from the severity of the life which He requires us to lead in His service. Trials would exist in greater power and number were we to refuse obedience to Christ and become the servants of Satan and the slaves of sin.
Jesus invites us to come to Him and He will lift the weights from our weary shoulders and place upon us His yoke, which is easy, and His burden, which is light. The path in which He invites us to walk would never have cost us a pang had we always walked in it. It is when we stray from the path of duty that the way becomes difficult and thorny. The sacrifices which we must make in following Christ are only so many steps to return to the path of light, of peace and happiness.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 557, 558.
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,
for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
--Matthew 11:28-30, ESV
Bearing Our Burdens With Joy.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Makes us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.--Psalm 90:14-16, ESV
LET ME ASSURE YOU that the struggles and conflicts which must be endured in the discharge of duty, the self-denials and sacrifices which must be made if we are faithful to Christ, are not created by Him. They are not imposed by arbitrary or unnecessary command; they do not come from the severity of the life which He requires us to lead in His service. Trials would exist in greater power and number were we to refuse obedience to Christ and become the servants of Satan and the slaves of sin.
Jesus invites us to come to Him and He will lift the weights from our weary shoulders and place upon us His yoke, which is easy, and His burden, which is light. The path in which He invites us to walk would never have cost us a pang had we always walked in it. It is when we stray from the path of duty that the way becomes difficult and thorny. The sacrifices which we must make in following Christ are only so many steps to return to the path of light, of peace and happiness.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 557, 558.
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,
for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
--Matthew 11:28-30, ESV
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