King David, the ancient poet-shepherd, reminds us:
“Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
and He will do it.”
(Psa. 37:5)
Biblical Hebrew is rich with word pictures and “commit” is no exception. The verbal imperative גול (gō wl) conveys the idea of rolling all your burdens, questions, and anxieties onto God. You can even use the sound of the word in Hebrew as a memory device, since it would be pronounced similar to our word “goal.” To “goal” is to roll it all into the hands of God.
If we receive more snow this weekend, I know my children will be chomping at the bit to make a snowman in the yard. Yet the hardest part for my kiddos is rolling and pushing and rolling those big, wet snowballs along into a nice size for a wintry anthropomorphic creation.
“Daddy! Come help us roll the snowball for the snowman!” they’ll shout.
So we’ll all gather behind to push and roll the snow into a weight we can no longer shove one more inch.
Maybe the weight of your worry is just too heavy to push. Perhaps the way forward – the path of 2021 – simply gives you more stress as you think about it.
You might be thinking (like me): “The past twelve months were like slogging in slush. I’m tired of pushing and shoving this stuff! What proof do we have that this new year will be any different?”
But God says, “Come.”
“Roll it over to Me. I’ll take it from here.”
He carries the weight and worry with His all-powerful shoulders.
And our response after we’ve done our share of the rolling?
Trust Him.
He’ll do it.
Yes, far better than you and me.
Love in Christ,
P.S.
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