His Commandments Aren’t Grievous

1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”

Fill the waterpots with water (John 2). Take up your bed and walk (John 5). Go, wash in pool of Siloam (John 9). Take away the stone (John 11). There are many other examples in both old and new testaments of the Word of the Lord coming to men and women. It was never out of reach, or burdensome. We often over complicate the work of God in our minds, when all we have to do is simply obey His command. We fill the water pots with water, and He turns it to wine. We take up our bed in faith, and He gives the ability to walk. We go wash in the pool of Siloam, and our eyes are restored. We remove the stone, and our dear brother is resurrected. It’s only our duty to obey His word, which is always within our reach. It’s God’s duty to perform the miracle, and do what we could never do within ourselves.

His yoke is easy and His burden is light.  “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?