Galatians 6:2 (NLT) Share each others 
burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

Share The Burden
   I heard once about a pastor who always 
ended his sermons with these words: "Remember: 
everyone you are going to meet this week is carrying 
a heavy burden." Over the years I have found 
this to be true; I have never met a person who 
wasn't weighed down by some kind of problem or 
burden. But God wants to help carry everyone's 
burdens - one way He does that is by sending someone 
into the person's life who can share the burden. 
   Are there those in your church or 
neighborhood carrying a burden right now? Ask God to help 
you be a friend to them. Perhaps you can 
understand what they are going through, and you can 
help relieve the weight of their burden by your 
concern. Sometimes all they need is someone who will 
listen. Remember that God is "the Father of 
compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us 
in all our troubles, so that we can comfort 
those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves 
have received from God" (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 
NIV). 
   How can you help someone with a burden 
today? [Peace for Each Day by Billy Graham] 

COMMENTARY

Bearing One Anothers Burdens
   If you are looking for a way to carry out 
Christs command to love your neighbor, Paul has a 
suggestion: bear their burdens. At some point, everyone 
struggles under the weight of an oppressive situation. 
Believers have an obligation to get under that load 
next to their brothers and sisters. 
   Jesus sets the pattern for burden 
bearing. He calls to Himself all who are heavy-laden 
and gives them rest (Matt. 11:28-29). Since God 
predestines believers to be conformed to Christs 
likeness, we must imitate His care and concern for 
those who suffer. Acts 4:32 shows that the early 
church followed His example. To lift the load of 
poverty, they pooled their resources so that no one 
was in need. 
   Pauls letters make clear his concern 
for the physical and spiritual welfare of 
growing churches. He fasted and prayed for them and 
sent missionaries when he could. He felt it was 
his responsibility to strengthen them, even 
though he sustained a personal hardship - his thorn 
in the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7). 
   A believer cannot wait until his life is 
clear of obstacles before reaching out to others, 
since that day may never come. Even though we have 
our own needs, we can do all things through 
Christs strength - including sharing someone 
elses adversity (2 Cor. 12:9). 
   When youre willing to wade into 
someone elses troubles to help that person hold 
up under the weight, two things happen. First, 
he or she receives desperately needed blessings 
in the form of aid, support, and love. And 
second, you fulfill Gods command to love a 
neighbor as yourself. [In Touch Daily Devotional by 
Charles Stanley at www.intouch.org] 

CLOSING PEARL

You must be good before you can do good. You 
cannot exert an influence that will transform 
others until your own heart has been humbled and 
refined and made tender by the grace of Christ. When 
this change has been wrought in you, it will be 
as natural for you to live to bless others as 
it is for the rosebush to yield its fragrant 
bloom or the vine its purple clusters. If Christ 
is in you the hope of glory, you will 
have no disposition to watch others, to expose 
their errors. Instead of seeking to accuse and 
condemn, it will be your object to help, to bless, 
and to save. MB128 

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY

Galatians 6:2 - Sharing Our Burdens.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210520-0945.html 

Galatians 6:1, 2 - Burden Bearing.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210607-1038.html 

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