The Burden of Shame

Shame afflicts us with the burden that we will never be good enough.Shame mercilessly burdens us with a standard we cannot hold.Once we can’t live up to its standard, shame condemns us and isolates us from God.Shame cannot give us rest. It can only lay more burdens upon us.While fully knowing your shortcomings and guilt, Jesus invites you to come to Him.Jesus doesn’t invite the self-sufficient, but the weary and the burdened to come.The accuser yells, ‘you’re never good enough’, but Jesus invites, “Come to Me.”As we learn to come to Jesus, He teaches us to quiet the accuser and rest in His grace.Even before you feel worthy, come to Jesus.Ask Jesus to teach you what’s His voice and the voice of the accuser.Honestly offload your sin to Christ and ask for His way.

What have you been trying to fix on your own that Jesus wants you bring to Him instead?