One of the jobs that I take care of at work is print deliveries to various departments when needed. Yesterday was a typical day, busy at times but not crazy. I had been printing jobs all morning due to the print shop guy being sick. There had been several print jobs that would need delivered that afternoon for exams. I closed my office to head out to make those deliveries. It was a pretty good stack of exams. I was walking down one of the sidewalks and I had a student whom I don't know, stop and ask me if I needed help carrying those? I thanked him for the offer but told him I was good. This one simple gesture of kindness and offer to help triggered a whole thought process for the rest of that day. Lets start this journey down the rabbit hole shall we??? Could I actually handle the weight of these exams on my own? The answer is yes I did, but did I have too? I had an offer on the table to relieve me of some of this burden of weight and strain on my body and I turned it down. I'm too tough to actually ask for help, that's not a manly thing to do right?? I'm too stubborn and full of pride to accept help. This is a major problem in my walk with God. In Matthew chapter 11 verses 28-30 Jesus says "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light." What this means is that by following or "yoking" yourself to Jesus you aren't carrying life's burdens or stresses anymore. Letting Jesus take the wheel and give Him control you won't carry that weight alone, if any at all. In the scripture we are called His sheep and the Lord is our Sheppard. This is a fantastic metaphor. Think about this for a second, sheep are not weight packing animals like mules, or horses. We Rely on our Sheppard to not only keep us together, but feed us, guide us, and protect us from predators. We were never meant to carry the weight of the world on our backs. God and Jesus are there to take that weight. All you have to do is accept that offer of help. Unfortunately this is something that I as well as most people struggle with. Letting someone else be in full control is terrifying. I work on this everyday through my conversations with God. I had a coach one time that had a simple gameplan. He called this system KISS. This stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. He was right. Simple things in basketball are effective, setting your blocks, making free throws, getting rebounds, boxing out, and so on. I now know that this KISS system works in my adult life, and Walk with God as well. Go to God with everything, Let Him lighten that Yoke, Let Jesus take the wheel, Have Faith in Christ, Repent of your Sins, Praise Him ALWAYS. Keep it Simple. Gods gameplan is perfect and works every time.
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