Weight Lifted // Micah

Intense pressure is experienced for a variety of reasons, but always feels like a burdensome weight. Sometimes, like a storm, life hurls unpredictable weather at us that holds us under. Other times, consequences resulting from our actions create a load too heavy to bear.

Whether the pressure we experience comes from physical realities like a sickness, or psychological elements like the weight of unmet expectations, all of us at some point desired relief from a burden we could no longer bear.

With that in mind, Paul reminds us of the joy, relief, and peace found when our greatest burden is lifted. At Calvary, Jesus bore our guilt and shame and grants freedom to all who trust in Him. Sit in that for a moment. He allows you and I to transfer our load to Him. He invites us to trust that by His power we will find our Weight Lifted.

Romans 4:7-8 “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight. Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin.”

Romans 5:1 “Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.“

- Micah McElveen  

Eyes to See // Micah

Before he was an apostle, Paul pursued his own way and blindly chased a deity of his own making. Consumed with zeal, yet deprived of sight, he eventually found himself rooted on a path, standing sword drawn, directly opposed to the real God. How does that happen?

While you and I hopefully will never literally square off with Christ, we can find ourselves so consumed with our vision for life that His way is lost on our path. Indeed the father of darkness would have all men rummage through life sightless.

It was not until Paul fully yielded to the light of Christ that the blinders fell off. It was then that a clear line of sight emerged from the fog of self will.

Like Paul, we gain real perspective by submitting our hopes, dreams and desires to Jesus. If we want God’s vision to guide our walk we must release our need to "have it our way" and ask the Light of the World for Eyes To See.

Acts 9:5 “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!”

Acts 9:9 “He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.”

Acts 9:12 “I HAVE SHOWN HIM A VISION of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him SO HE CAN SEE again.”

Acts 9:22 “Saul's preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn't refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.”

- Micah McElveen