Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2015 7:47:27 GMT
A great community is one whose members are RESPONSIBLE about their own LOADS and WILLING TO HELP carry each other's BURDENS.
In Galatia 6, Paul taught us the difference between Load and Burden. We are responsible to carry our own load and we are supposed to help carry other people's burden. We are then introduced to a principle of sowing and reaping. "A man reaps what he sows."
Key points
Load (Galatia 6:6): something that is a responsibility of someone to carry. A normal amount which someone has to carry.
Examples of loads:
Burden (Galatia 6:3): Something perceived to be beyond the ability to cope. Most of the time burdens are unexpected and outside of our control.
Examples of burdens:
Principle of sowing and reaping (Galatia 6:7)
Burden as opportunity (Galatia 6:10)
The idea here is every burden is an opportunity. Opportunity to help, opportunity to friendship, opportunity to a relationship that last a lifetime. I think that will be a beginning of a community where everybody wants to be part of.
Blake Mycoskie's (Tom's shoes founder) interview: www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201009/?pg=27&pm=1&u1=friend
"My advice to budding enterpreuneurs is, don't try to be an enterpreneur, try to identify the problems in the world that you want to solve" - Blake Mycoskie
Applications
1. Be responsible with our load - this takes some growing up to do. The problem about this is if we haven't faced consequences we probably won't learn.
2. Refuse to carry someone else's load - what's rewarded is repeated
3. Saying no is okay - this requires honesty. Don't feel bad if you genuinely don't have the time, energy left to spend.
4. Don't carry every burden -
5. Treat other people's burden as an opportunity
Conclusion
A great community is one whose members are RESPONSIBLE about their own LOADS and WILLING TO HELP carry each other's BURDENS.
We need to carry our load because the principle of sowing and reaping is at play. We need to carry each other's burdens because of what God has done for us. Just how God did for us what we can't do for ourselves, we are suppose to help other people who can't help themselves. In the same time we are not to be a burden and be responsible with our own load. If our care group becomes a place where every member is taking care of each other, we will create an environment that is very irresistable. There is nothing more encouraging than to see our ccommunity grows because we are responsible with our load and we are willing to carry each other's burdens.
In Galatia 6, Paul taught us the difference between Load and Burden. We are responsible to carry our own load and we are supposed to help carry other people's burden. We are then introduced to a principle of sowing and reaping. "A man reaps what he sows."
Key points
Load (Galatia 6:6): something that is a responsibility of someone to carry. A normal amount which someone has to carry.
Examples of loads:
- Responsibilities - Homework, dirty dishes, dirty laundry, rent payment.
- Consequences of our own decisions and actions - not studying can lead to bad grades, not eating right or exercising can lead to bad health, not investing in relationship to your family members can lead to bad relationship.
Burden (Galatia 6:3): Something perceived to be beyond the ability to cope. Most of the time burdens are unexpected and outside of our control.
Examples of burdens:
- A job loss because of the failing economy.
- Emotional/financial burden because of a lost of a family member.
Principle of sowing and reaping (Galatia 6:7)
- A principle is something that is always in effect, whether we pay attention to it or not. We can leverage it to our benefit or ignore it and suffer the consequences. Examples of principles in real life include:
- Bernoulli principle. This is the reason why planes are able to lift up from the runway and take flight. Cool demonstration here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vqMotb6m3c
- Archimedes principle. This is the reason why cruise ships float and rocks sink. Interesting wikipedia read here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle
- Bernoulli principle. This is the reason why planes are able to lift up from the runway and take flight. Cool demonstration here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vqMotb6m3c
- The reason why we don't really pay attention to the principle of sowing and reaping is because the consequences are not immediate.
Burden as opportunity (Galatia 6:10)
The idea here is every burden is an opportunity. Opportunity to help, opportunity to friendship, opportunity to a relationship that last a lifetime. I think that will be a beginning of a community where everybody wants to be part of.
Blake Mycoskie's (Tom's shoes founder) interview: www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201009/?pg=27&pm=1&u1=friend
"My advice to budding enterpreuneurs is, don't try to be an enterpreneur, try to identify the problems in the world that you want to solve" - Blake Mycoskie
Applications
1. Be responsible with our load - this takes some growing up to do. The problem about this is if we haven't faced consequences we probably won't learn.
- Consequences are here to stay - There are consequences related to how we managed our health, study, career, etc.
- Do not transfer our load to other people or God
- Do not confess/ask for forgiveness only to God without directly confessing our mistakes to the person we hurt.
2. Refuse to carry someone else's load - what's rewarded is repeated
3. Saying no is okay - this requires honesty. Don't feel bad if you genuinely don't have the time, energy left to spend.
- Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, in their “Boundaries” book series, stress that when we haven’t established healthy relational boundaries, we often act as a result of guilt, obligation or manipulation…not love. Good investment right here: www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=boundaries
4. Don't carry every burden -
- Be very careful to not hurt those closest to us by offering to carry other people's burdens.
- Some burdens are not appropriate for us to carry, example: a married person should not provide counsel to someone of an opposite sex
5. Treat other people's burden as an opportunity
Conclusion
A great community is one whose members are RESPONSIBLE about their own LOADS and WILLING TO HELP carry each other's BURDENS.
We need to carry our load because the principle of sowing and reaping is at play. We need to carry each other's burdens because of what God has done for us. Just how God did for us what we can't do for ourselves, we are suppose to help other people who can't help themselves. In the same time we are not to be a burden and be responsible with our own load. If our care group becomes a place where every member is taking care of each other, we will create an environment that is very irresistable. There is nothing more encouraging than to see our ccommunity grows because we are responsible with our load and we are willing to carry each other's burdens.