Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
Singapore
January 9, 1995
Good Morning!
THE BATTLE WITHIN - "...Every person will
have to bear...his own...load of oppressive faults."
(Galatians 6:5 - Amplified)
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BATTLES YOU WILL CONTINUALLY FACE
IN LIFE IS WITH YOURSELF:
Your self-incrimination from an over-active conscience.
Your fear of rejection...failure...the future.
Your inner spiritual turmoil over re-appearing sin.
Someone has jokingly said, "If life is a bowel of cherries,
why am I always in the pits." Well, at times, life
is the pits!...For ALL of us:
- Paul spoke of being perplexed...wretched...(despairing)
even of life."+
- Jonah and Elijah harbored a death wish;
Moses approached burnout. (Jonah 4:8; I Kings 19:4;
Exodus 18:13-20)
- Luther, Spurgeon, and Billy Graham struggled
often with depression.
So...What is the answer to bearing my "own load
of oppressive faults"? Escape to the Figi Islands or
South America? Hardly, since you still have to face yourself.
Perhaps the simplest answer is JESUS: "Come
to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you
rest...for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall
find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28,
29)
HE IS THE SOLUTION TO EVERY HEARTACHE, EVERY DILEMMA, EVERY
UN-SOLVABLE PROBLEM, EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT...THE DEEPEST LONELINESS.
Have you ever crawled up on His lap...buried your head in His
shoulder and wept? Poured out your soul to Him?
It is doubtful that all the psychology and self-help books
in the world can give you the peace and release that true intimacy
with the Lord Jesus affords.
It is to us He says, "...How often I wanted to gather
(you) together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
and you were unwilling..." And when our inclination
is to turn to everyone but Him He says, "...your house
is being left to you desolate."++
Have a great week!
Dwight Hill
+II Corinthians 4:8; Romans 7:24; II Corinthians 4:8; ++Matthew
23:37, 38
© Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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