Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves. (Ps. 68:19-20)
Dear Heavenly Father,
What a promise you've made, what a hope we have, and what a God you are. Thank you for being the kind of Father who bears our burdens—as opposed to ignoring, minimizing, or resenting them. To know that you bear our burdens on a daily basis frees us to be honest with you about the things that tend to wear us down and wear us out. Indeed, you are the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (2 Cor. 1:3-5).
You are the God who saves us—not just from eternal separation from yourself but also in the present realities of life.
Father, some of us are overwhelmed with marriage, parenting, and family burdens. Helplessness isn't bad, if it will drive us to you. Help us to want you and your glory more than we want relief and a different story. Protect us from all counsel that might medicate our pain but not identify the real issues.
Father, some of us are fearful, fretful, even rage-full over the political landscape of our country, the legislative shifts in our culture, and the nuclear madness of our world. Lift these burdens from our hearts as you remind us that the throne of heaven is presently occupied (Rev. 4), that Jesus is currently the ruler of the kings of the earth (Rev. 1:5), and that nothing and no one can alter or annul your plans (Isa. 14:27; Eccles. 3:14)
Father, forgive us when we take back the burden of our guilt, even though Jesus has exhausted it; free us when we surrender yet again to the burden of our shame, even though Jesus has broken it.
Rescue us when we feign sovereignty and take on other people's burdens you don't intend for us to carry. Give us grace, wisdom, and power to live and to love to your glory.
In Jesus' merciful and mighty name we pray.
Amen.
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