The scripture for today, June 2, is Galatians 6:2 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
In case you’re thinking people should take care of their own burdens, you are right. But the term “burdens” here refers to overloads.
The main reason this is hard to do is that taking on someone else’s overloaded burdens upsets our daily routine and our peace of mind. It is inconvenient.
Just remember, it is always inconvenient for those people to have an overload of burdens. They don’t want them. Many times they didn’t ask for them. But even if they did ask for them with foolish acts, can we not roll up our sleeves and help them out?
What if Jesus had said, “Hey, it’s not my problem! Those people on earth mess up their lives all the time. Why should I leave the comforts of heaven to live among sinners and misery?” But he didn’t say that. Thank God he didn’t say that.
Inconvenient for him to take our overloaded burdens to his cross? Yes. Did he want to do it? No. But he did what was necessary to rescue us. Do we really and truly want to be like Him?