The crowds surrounding Jesus were weighed down by spiritual, emotional, and physical afflictions. Jesus would not be “crushed” by the weight of their burdens, rather, “He took on [their] infirmities and carried [their] sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4). When my anxieties, my afflictions, my worries weigh us down, I can cast them confidently onto Jesus. Nothing is so overwhelming that Jesus cannot carry it for me, if I will only give it to him to handle.
Lord, I am filled with afflictions in body, mind, and soul. I come to you and beg of you to take the weight from me, so that I no longer feel crushed by it. Replace my worries with faith and hope so that my very being cries out, “You are the Son of God!”
The crowds surrounding Jesus…
