Lay 'Em Down

Lay ‘em Down – The message of the Gospel is so simple. Lay down your burdens and walk away. Not your responsibilities, sorry about that. You’ve still got to take care of those. However, you don’t have to worry about them to the point of distraction. You can Lay ‘em Down like the words of the song by Need To Breathe.

It can be so difficult to do something so simple. Maybe what Jesus was saying to Martha was a call to lay down her burdens, to set aside her worries, to find peace and relaxation at the feet of the Savior. Many of us who have found salvation are still in search of the peace we thought we would get with it. The problem is not a defective form of salvation but, rather, an incomplete one – not incomplete in the sense that we will end up short of the Kingdom.

This incompleteness is more along the lines of buying a high end computer to do nothing more than play solitaire on! It could do so much more.

You know, at that exact instant, I don’t think Jesus cared if the table was set just so. I’m not sure he would have noticed if the food had was getting cold or overcooked because the conversation had gone too long. There was a teachable moment in the life of one of His children and that was all that mattered.

You’ve all seen the saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. Just remember, it’s all small stuff.”

Now, we know that’s not exactly true. Some of life’s decisions are of tremendous important. The problem is, most of those are usually beyond our control. The issue is not really about our decision; it’s about our battle for control. We give up control when we Lay ‘em Down.

Pastor Craig