Let me start by saying, hello beloved. Today’s blog might inspire you, but if you don’t put it into practice you will suffer again by Wednesday.
Do yourself the favor to test everything you read against the word, the breath of God!
There’s a reason you’re exhausted. It isn’t because you’re failing, it’s because you’re dragging.
Most of what’s weighing you down was never assigned to you by Jesus. I know this personally.
When we strip life back to purpose, God becomes wonderfully specific. The fog lifts.
The lists shrink. And the soul remembers: Oh… this is my lane. (Stay in your lane, hey) Picture running a race with a backpack full of bricks: guilt, comparison, every “should,” everyone’s expectations, last year’s mistakes (or yesterday’s), next year’s fears. You sweat, you spin, you go nowhere.
Scripture says it plainly: “Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and run with endurance the race set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.” (Heb 12:1–2).
God never asked you to carry what Jesus already carried to the cross. You can drop it, right now. Paul wasn’t vague about purpose.
He was laser-focused: “As for you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work… discharge all the duties of your ministry.” (2 Tim 4:5).
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim 4:7).
Notice the verbs: keep, endure, do, discharge, fought, finished, kept.
This ministry he is talking about, us NOT a church title, it’s every role entrusted to you: mom, friend, colleague, creator, leader, wife, pastor, entrepreneur, servant.
Your “ministry” is the sum of your assignments under the leadership of Jesus. (read that again).
And if you haven’t “kept it” perfectly? Hear this with authority and tenderness: Shame and guilt are cancelled in Jesus’ name.
Don’t carry what Christ has already covered. Stand up. Eyes on Him. Keep going. C’mon! You can do this!
Sometimes (most times) our ministry comes from our misery. So often, your greatest serving field is born where you once bled.
“He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” (2 Cor 1:3–4).
God wastes nothing. The place you survived becomes the place you serve. The valley you walked becomes a map for someone else.
Your “why me?” turns into someone’s “thank you, God”. Jesus didn’t invite you to become superhuman, He invited you to trade yokes: “Come to Me…My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matt 11:28–30).
When the burden comes from Jesus, so does the strength.
Assignments from Him carry grace attached, the power to do the very thing He asks.
We need to sometimes go through the waves of motion in repetition to get through the moment, but be glad that you have trained yourself by washing with the word in times like this, because this is the exact thing I am talking about in the beginning… make sure you read the word, so that when the day of attack comes (believe me it will), you will be able to withstand.
“Jesus, I hand You the backpack… shame, timelines, opinions, outcomes. I receive Your yoke and Your pace.
Clarify my lane, light my steps, and anoint my daily obedience. Use my pain to serve someone else, and let me finish my race with joy. Amen.”
Let’s meditate on that this week. Revelation upon revelation, keep the faith beloved. Like Paul we will be poured out like a drink offering. We will. Make sure you keep in mind then, that Jesus gave us a manual for this exact time.
Read the manual, meditate on it. Write it on your heart and mind, remain faithful so that you will receive that crown of righteousness! I am rooting for you! (VICKY LUDICK)
You weren’t built to carry that
