Come on and lay 'em down!

so i'm like a huge music person...for me i can pinpoint a certain time, event, aspect of my life by tying it to the song that was there to get me through it! So lately its been quite the variety however the most recent one that I am just loving ties to my previous post. Its called "Lay 'em down" by NeedToBreathe, they kinda have this southern touch to their music which i love!! But the concept of the song is laying down your burdens...

Come down to the river
Come and let yourself in
Make good on a promise
To never hurt again
If you're lost and lonely
You're Broken down
Bring all of your troubles
Come lay 'em down

All you sinners
And the weak at heart
All you helpless
On the boulevards
Wherever you are now
Whatever evil you've found
Bring all of your troubles
And come lay 'em down

We're all tied to the same old failing
Finding shelter in things we know
We're all dirty like corrupted small towns
We'll bring our troubles
We'll bring our troubles
Lay 'em down

All you rich men
And the high above
All of those with and without love
All you burdened broken down
Bring all of your troubles
Come lay 'em down

Come lay 'em down

Come all you broken [Come lay 'em down]
Come all you helpless [Come lay 'em down]
Bring all your burden [Come lay 'em down]
And just lay 'em down [Come lay 'em down]

Come all you broken [Come lay 'em down]
Come all you helpless [Come lay 'em down]
Bring all your troubles [Come lay 'em down]
Just lay 'em down

its a fun lil tune and you should definitely check it out....but back on track here, it talks about laying your burdens down with Christ. I love the way it alludes to baptism in this song in the first few lines. The act of baptism is historically known as being "dunked" so to say in a river, now-a-days its a jacuzzi or something like that, but thats besides the point, that is just the act of being baptized.

to be baptized involves so much more, first and foremost it involves a recognition. the recognition that you are a sinner and only through Christ can you gain the fulfillment of God's promises. okay so step one, check....step two is to make a commitment to Christ...what does this mean exactly? it means saying that you want to focus on Christ, do away with your sinful nature and control the things you can control in order to live a life more like Christ...k step three is to ask God to enter your heart and just do work! you are letting down all the walls you've had up for so long and now just saying "come on down big guy, lets get this thing started!"...step 4, is the act, the physical form of being baptized, find a brother or sister in Christ, a river (or hot tub, your choice) and make it happen... the final step is to LIVE IT OUT...don't just talk the talk...you gotta walk that walk, live out those promises and commitments you made to God in the first three steps.

k so that was a little off-topic from where i had originally planned to go with this thing BUT oh well still relevant i hope? But in a sense i feel like once you have done this, mad a commitment to Christ, it is easier for you to begin to wrap your mind around the fact that God loves you infinitely much. His love is so unconditional and forever long, you just need to lay your burdens down with him.

I know during these economic times there are SO many people struggling, i'm seeing it first hand with my family, I can't imagine how tough these times are for everyone. But what can you do about that? i have had the pleasure of being in the presence of some AMAZING christians this year, people that are just awesome role models and inspirations to me. The thing that they do is have faith. Simple right? sounds simple enough but we all know how hard it is, but when you have a relationship with Christ and you take the time to nourish that relationship on a daily basis, having faith is just that simple. If the way my life is exactly at this moment (lots of junkage i'll spare you from hearing about) was happening a year ago, and someone told me "just have faith God will provide." that would last for maybe 4 days. My relationship with Christ was very minimal a year ago, in terms of trusting in God. That being said, i still have moments that i wonder if he'll be able to do it...BUT he always finds a way of reminding me of his faithfulness.

God is faithful in his promises, and if he promises to love us unconditionally and take on our burdens so that we don't have to carry them anymore i'm handing them over...i'm gonna lay 'em down.