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THINGS YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO CARRY - PT. 1 · THIS IS THE LIFE PODCAST

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  Speaker 1: Welcome into Monday as we get ready for our devotion
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  Speaker 1: time here on our This is the Life podcast. Hope
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  Speaker 1: you had a great weekend and a great day of
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  Speaker 1: worship yesterday. The Lord takes us this morning to Matthew
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  Speaker 1: chapter 6 and particularly in verse number 34. And he says,
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  Speaker 1: take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow
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  Speaker 1: shall take thought of the things of itself. And as
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  Speaker 1: I've looked at that and kind of prayed before the
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  Speaker 1: Lord on how to do the devotions this upcoming week,
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  Speaker 1: I come to realize that there are some burdens that
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  Speaker 1: God never intended for us to carry. I thought a
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  Speaker 1: lot about that over the weekend. There are burdens that
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  Speaker 1: God never intended for us to carry. Yet somehow, somehow,
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  Speaker 1: we always seem to pick them up, place them on
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  Speaker 1: our shoulders, and then we wonder why we feel so
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  Speaker 1: tired sometimes. So throughout this week, the Lord willing, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to look at things God never meant for us
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  Speaker 1: to carry. And each day, what we'll do is we'll
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  Speaker 1: identify one of those unnecessary burdens that And learn how
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  Speaker 1: to place them back into the hands of the only
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  Speaker 1: one who was always meant to carry them. And that
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  Speaker 1: is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. One of the
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  Speaker 1: heaviest that we'll look at this morning is the weight
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  Speaker 1: of tomorrow. Let me explain what I mean by that
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  Speaker 1: as I really thought about that this weekend. Tomorrow is
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  Speaker 1: filled with things that we can't see yet. We don't
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  Speaker 1: know what conversations that are going to take place this week.
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  Speaker 1: We don't know what decisions that we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: to make. We don't know what kind of unexpected situations
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  Speaker 1: may arise. And because we don't know, what happens is
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  Speaker 1: our minds often begin to fill in the blanks. We
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  Speaker 1: call them those what if moments that we have all
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  Speaker 1: throughout the day of what may happen tomorrow. How many
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  Speaker 1: of you find this morning, find yourself imagining what could
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  Speaker 1: go wrong? You prepare yourself for problems that may never happen.
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  Speaker 1: And before long, what you're doing, you're carrying the weight
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  Speaker 1: of a day that hasn't even started yet. See, Jesus
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  Speaker 1: wasn't telling us that we shouldn't have no plans for
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  Speaker 1: the future. There is wisdom in preparation. He teaches that.
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  Speaker 1: But planning for tomorrow and worrying about tomorrow is two
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  Speaker 1: entirely different things. Planning asks the question, what can I
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  Speaker 1: wisely do today? While worrying asks something like, How can
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  Speaker 1: I control everything that might happen tomorrow? You see the difference? See,
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  Speaker 1: the truth is that God has not given us our
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  Speaker 1: daily bread for tomorrow's burdens because tomorrow hasn't come yet.
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  Speaker 1: He gives us enough grace for this day, this moment,
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  Speaker 1: and this present responsibility. And how we handle those sets
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  Speaker 1: up tomorrow. When tomorrow arrives, God will already be there.
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  Speaker 1: But what we do with tomorrow really depends on On
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  Speaker 1: how effectively we do today. God will not be surprised
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  Speaker 1: by what happens tomorrow. He will not suddenly discover something
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  Speaker 1: he failed to prepare for. See whatever tomorrow brings. His
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  Speaker 1: presence will be waiting for us when we get there.
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  Speaker 1: That's why it's important to leave tomorrow in God's hands.
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  Speaker 1: And just take care of what he has prepared for
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  Speaker 1: us today. Some of us may grow weary early today.
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  Speaker 1: Not because of what happened yesterday and not because of
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  Speaker 1: what's happening right now. You'll grow weary because you are
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  Speaker 1: mentally and emotionally living several days ahead. And you are
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  Speaker 1: trying to answer questions God hadn't even asked yet. And
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  Speaker 1: we are attempting sometimes to solve problems that don't even exist.
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  Speaker 1: So perhaps, just perhaps, we need to hear the Lord
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  Speaker 1: saying this morning, you don't have to carry Yes, tomorrow, today.
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  Speaker 1: I've got that handled. Do what this day requires. Pray
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  Speaker 1: about what concerns you today. Make the preparations you can make,
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  Speaker 1: but then place tomorrow into the hands of the only
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  Speaker 1: one who is already holding it to begin with. Does
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  Speaker 1: that make sense to you this morning? I sure pray
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  Speaker 1: it does. See, you were never meant to carry an
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  Speaker 1: entire lifetime all at once. Life is given one day
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  Speaker 1: at a time for a reason. And God's grace is
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  Speaker 1: given the same way. So don't let the imagined weight
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  Speaker 1: of tomorrow keep you from receiving the strength, peace, and
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  Speaker 1: goodness that God has provided for you today. So today,
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  Speaker 1: you be safe, you be strong, and you be blessed.
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  Speaker 1: And don't carry the weight of a day that hasn't
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  Speaker 1: even happened yet. Leave it in the hands of God.
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  Speaker 1: Lord's will, we will see you back here again tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: And until then, I hope you have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: And I really hope you join us all week for
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  Speaker 1: this series.