Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”– Corrie Ten Boom
There are times when a burden is so great, so seemingly insurmountable, that it totally saps our strength. Out of exhaustion and a spirit of surrender we may declare, “There’s nothing I can do now but pray.” It sounds admirable, even spiritual. However, implied in that common expression is a belief that God’s domain is everything I can’t handle on my own. Yet, the Bible says we are to surrender all of our concerns to Him because He cares for us (1 Pet 5:7). This is an act of worship. When we make every concern a matter of prayer, not only does it liberates us of the burden, but it welcomes God’s presence into all of our endeavors.
Your thoughts? Is there a concern you’ve unwittingly allowed to become a burden?
Just wanted to thank you for your Iron Works Ministry you and Roger are doing. We are following behind a series or two doing the sword mastery series with Men at my Church. Last night we did mastering your thoughts. What a great discussion we had.
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Thanks Jon! I’m glad you guys are making good use of the IronWorks materials. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions for us to make it more useful to you.