Carrying The Heavy Load

Men are called to such a high standard in the Scriptures, especially when it comes to marriage. I think that I often times forget the gravity of the responsibility I have as a man, and as a married man. I think we can all too easily get sucked into our world of comfort and our lives can quickly turn to autopilot. How quickly do we often forget our responsibility to carry the heavy load in marriage?

I strive to be the man that God wants me to be by doing my best to serve, love, and lead Dani, but I often fail and fall short. I often disappoint and sometimes feel as if I my life should be the manual of what NOT to do. Then I get into this mentality of "just try harder" which in practicality looks like washing the dishes, making the bed, or potentially picking up my clothes off the floor. All good things! However, I can often fake myself into thinking I am "carrying the load" by fulfilling some tasks and not attending to the person of Dani. (Sometimes I treat God the same way...) Also to add into the mixing bowl are my motives for doing what I do.

You begin to realize your inadequacies very quickly in marriage, which I think can lead you in one of two directions. Fake adequacy, or practice dependence. There is one who is perfect at carrying the heavy load.  In fact He carried the heaviest load that there has ever been. Our Sin! If Jesus Christ can carry that load, then the gift of the Holy Spirit and my reliance on Him can equip me for anything!  A pregnant wife, a new baby, a new country, or maybe even the physical load of a million pounds of groceries...He is enough!

Weeks worth of groceries...CHECK

Truth be told, this sanctification process is hard. But when I look in the Bible I don't see comfortable.  I see taking risks for God's glory to make His name known. I see men stepping up, carrying the heavy load, all while relying on God's strength and power. My desire is to go where God leads, do what God wants, and be who God wants me to be. I want to carry the heavy load in His strength!

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26

YOU ARE LOVED!