Prepared enough,
with the documents and all she needed for the journey of her dreams, Bernice put
her purse into the already heavy luggage. Naa and Fausty, Bernice’s very good
friends, helped her put the luggage on her head and she set off. She met this
yoghurt seller just half way to the station. Immediately, her mouth watered. But,
so unfortunately, her purse was in the luggage she was carrying on her head.
The same luggage two people had to help her carry on her head. It was that
heavy. But without thinking twice, she called the yoghurt seller to buy one.
Offloading the
luggage wasn’t that difficult. She bought the yoghurt and the seller went away
while she was putting her purse back into the luggage. No one passed by and it
didn’t look like anyone would be coming soon. She got help eventually after a
long wait. Now she wanted to enjoy the yoghurt and she had to use one of her
two hands that was supporting the luggage on her head.
Sadly, this
illustrates the lifestyles of many Christians today. Christ had to carry the
cross and die for us. Christians, as the name denotes people who are
Christlike, are supposed to follow while He leads, imitating His steps while
bearing the cross.
Now the cross is
not a light object to carry through the path that our Leader, Jesus Christ,
wants to take us. Christians, like the woman up there, find it difficult to
resist the lusts of the eyes and the craving of the flesh. We have decided to
take up the cross and follow Him but we have allowed ourselves to be swayed
into things we don’t need along our path with our Lord.
These things force
us to put down the cross for a moment, then later on we need help again to
carry it on. Imagine carrying a cross and having tubers of yam hanging on your
shoulders, left and right. How would you feel? Overly and unbearably burdened,
right? That’s exactly what many Christians are doing now. They are heavy with
unnecessary burdens simply because they couldn’t resist their lusts and cravings.
The woman got to
the station alright, only to realize that on her bus was a fridge stocked with
free drinks including yoghurt for everyone on board. Just imagine how foolish
she felt. Unfortunately, she missed the bus. Christians, let us drop the
unnecessary things we don’t need along the journey. “But seek first His kingdom
and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”
(Matthew 6:33).
When we find the kingdom, the other things we may have wanted
are given to us in abundance.
BY: EVA OFFEI
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