CAN'T DO IT ANY LONGER
Today's reading: Numbers 9-12

"I can't carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!" Numbers 11:14 NLT

Moses was crying out to God about the burden the over one million Israelites were becoming to him.

They complained.

They griped.

They disobeyed.

They mumbled and grumbled.

They wanted more than he could give them.

They had legitimate problems, day to day life provides those whether you're going on a 40 year hike or not.

It was getting to be a very heavy load for him to bear.

I get that. Really, I do.

I think of all the people I try to carry myself.

The ones who don't know my Lord yet.

The ones who have been bruised by their brothers and sisters in Christ.

The ones who are grasping wildly to hold on to the world and grab for godly things at the same time.

The ones who 'don't need this religion I'm touting'.

The ones who I drag kicking and screaming to the throne of the Lord each and every day in my prayers.

It gets to be heavy.

It gets to be too much of a load to carry.

Then I remember. I'm supposed to bring those 'loads' to the Lord and leave them there--not continue to pile one up on another until I have a whole pile I'm toting around. Not adding one more to my backpack. Not picking up the strays someone else left behind. Leave them there. Mention them to my Father and trust Him to have heard me. Not attempt to be God for them, or the Holy Spirit for that matter.

'Leave it there, Leave it there, Take your burdens to the Lord and leave it there.'