I want an unburdened life. And I want one for you, too. Not an ignorant, apathetic, or lazy life. Just the opposite, a life of purpose, intentionality, and perseverance. But there’s a big difference between persevering in freedom and trudging under burden. In the love and liberty of Jesus, there is a life free from making yourself responsible for the outcome of every situation, or needing to carry people’s negative emotions until you can fix them.
There is freedom from worrying about what other people think of you. There’s freedom from wearing the judgment, rejection, and condemnation given to you (“in love,” of course) by those who don’t like the way you think. When someone judges you, they need you to agree with them for it to have the impact their anger or fear desires. It’s like they’ve made a coat of shame for you to wear, and are trying to guilt you into putting it on. But God says He will give you a cloak of praise and thankfulness, instead of a spirit of darkness and heaviness (Isaiah 61). Don’t wear anything that doesn’t have God’s genuine designer label.
Breathe. Let the burdens come off. Let them be displaced by God’s presence. Allow God to permanently break off the shame of past failures, those recurring stabs of memory you keep asking forgiveness for. You are free. Free to live, and move, and have your identity in God. It is no longer your job to fix anyone, or live in their negativity. It is your life to receive the love, liberty, hope, joy, peace, kindness, grace and blessing of God and give it away without expectation.
“But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil preventing them from seeing His glory is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3.16-17).
Equip Your Spirit 