Do you ever feel like you have so much going on in your life that it's too much? Do you ever feel pressure to be perfect all the time? Do you ever feel like showing emotion is weakness? Then you will relate to the song "Surface Pressure" from Encanto.
This song is
sung by Mirabel's older sister Luisa. Luisa's gift is strength. When someone in
the village needed something moved, they would go to Luisa. There was a problem
though. Luisa was strong physically, but she may have felt like she needed to
be strong emotionally as well. She was the "rock" of the family. That
is a lot of pressure. What happens to something if you put too much pressure on
it? It breaks.
See, like Luisa,
sometimes we put too much on us. We are not perfect. We never were and we never
were meant to be. There was only one perfect man and he walked on water. You
can't do that. I can't do that. So why do we feel like we must be perfect all
the time?
Maybe it is
because we live in a world where an emphasis is put on success, money, having
it all, etc. We feel if we fail, we are letting someone down. But in failing we
learn. In failing we grow. In failing we see the need for a perfect savior.
Matthew 11:28-30
reminds us of this when it says: "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for
I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke
is easy, and my burden is light." God wants us to come to him with our
problems. He wants us to trust in him. He wants us to confess our sins to him
so we can be with him in eternity. God doesn't expect perfection. He expects
confession, love, and faith. He then gives us hope. We don't need to stress or
feel pressure because God has taken that away with his Son's work on the cross.
So, what are you
stressing about today? How can you remember to trust in God instead of leaning
on your own power?
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