This has been my verse this week.  My heart has taken on many burdens lately.  It's weighing me down.  How many times, this week, have I "Come to Jesus," heavy laden and in need of rest?  Jesus says to take His yoke upon me and learn of Him...  That's what I've been doing with the Kay Arthur Bible study, Lord, Only You Can Change Me.  I'm learning about what Jesus is like - meek and lowly in heart... 

Meekness - Accepting that God is in charge, so everything that happens to me and around me is in His will and in His timing.

Why is it so hard to be meek?  Meekness used to come natural to me, but now, the world seems to be getting so bad, I sometimes wonder where God is.  Has he lifted His hand from us?  Or is He still working in us and around us?  I have to trust that God is in charge.  I have to have faith that He is still involved and has not removed His hand from us. 

Lowly in Heart - Having the mindset of a servant.

Ouch!  How many times do I use Jesus as my servant?  Of course it is hard to be meek when we're so busy telling God who we want Him to heal and what we want Him to give us, we forget that we surrendered our lives to Him when we were saved!  How silly are we?  No...  How blasphemous are we to forget our place as servants of The Most High God! 

So, from breaking these two verses down, I'm finding that if I want to surrender my burden to Jesus and let Him help me through my life, I must have faith that He is in control and He has my best interest at heart AND, I must remember that I have placed my life in His hands to do as He wills.  Then I will find rest for my soul!  It's as if God knew ahead of time (of course He did) that if I just trusted Him, it wouldn't be enough.  So He put in that part about submitting to Him, too, so I would finish the job of handing it all over to Him.

Meek & Lowly in Heart...  I'm gonna try that!
~Shawna~