Isaiah 41:9-10 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Have you ever picked up a child and they immediately start fighting to be put back down? I think that’s the way we act towards God. God tells us over and over that he will hold us up, that he will be there to help us. And like an ungrateful child you push the help away and cry out, “I want to do it by myself!”
Short of recognizing Christ as the savior of your life there is not a lot of stuff that we are called to do individually. God wants to walk with us through life. He doesn’t send you out into the world and then ask how your week is going when you run into each other later. God’s not looking to catch up. God has called you to live a life of impact and importance as you take steps that seem scary.
But you can take those scary steps because you know that you are supported. You know that you are not alone. God is with you. It’s okay to feel weak. It’s okay to need encouragement. We can lean into God and remember Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 12, “[God’s] grace is sufficient for you, [God’s] power is made perfect in your weakness.”
No matter what your overbearing parent/cruel boss/mean teacher told you, you were never meant to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders alone. God is there to help take on every task that comes your way.
We just need to overcome the childish instinct to yell, “put me down!”