19/11/2022
BEARING THE LORD’S BURDEN
Practically speaking, also, the Lord’s burden is the fiery passion, zeal, desire, and inner drive that that a person constantly receives to get a specific thing done.
It is the fire of responsibility that burns in a believer’s heart which propels them to get a particular task done. This fire is kept fresh in the place of communion in God’s presence and wards off all forms of lethargy, coldness, lukewarmness, and keeps its bearer contagiously ablaze.
The Lord’s burden further translates to touching people through service. This is what is then called ministry. There are numerous ways by which one can touch people through service; but the Lord’s burden makes it very specific; so that one can channel all their talents, gifts, passions, desires and resources into getting the specific task done with maximum impact becoming the inevitable result.
The Lord’s burden predisposes a person to serving the Lord by serving people. Ministry is simply serving people with God-given resources.
The Lord’s burden also grows. If allowed to grow, it also enlarges its bearer’s capacity to bear other people’s human limitations. John 3:16 comes alive if we know how much people matter to God and should matter to all those who serve in His vineyard. In short, people are the object of every burden generated by God and put in the heart of every believer.
People are the reason God’s heart swells with love unconditional on earth.
