The Stresses of Life

Psalm 4: Over the last couple of weeks we have laid a foundation to what true freedom is. Our freedom as believers is based on Jesus’ freeing work for us on the cross and through the resurrection. Jesus’ work for us is not just something that has been done for us (for the past), but is for us in the present and future as well. Jesus is doing a work in us through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, so that each day we can live and walk in freedom as we trust Him. Our freedom in Christ has a mission to love and serve others, as we learned last week. Freedom though, is not utopia. It is not carefree living. It doesn’t mean we are free from the concerns of life and stresses of life. It doesn’t mean trouble will not come. There will still be those times when the pressures and weight of life will press in and try to overwhelm us. So, what do we do? Because there will be days when the load at work is too much; the kids will drive us to our last nerve and circumstances might seem too much to bear. In today’s Scripture text, David gives us a picture of what freedom looks like when we are stressed out. May the Lord encourage our hearts today and may we cling to Him through lives pressures and responsibilities.