Children's
Message: “When Your Load is Heavy”
Tabatha
Pethtel, Hiram, GA
(Adapted
from Sermons4Kids)
Scriptures:
Matthew 11:28
Objects:
Several
items that are not too heavy - such as a brick or a ten pound
dumbbell and an automobile jack.
How
strong are you? Do you think you are pretty strong? How many of you
think you could pick up this brick (or
another heavy item)?
How about a dumbbell like this one (or
another heavy item)?
Well, you must be pretty strong then.
How
many of you think you could pick up a car? Oh, you don't think you
could pick up a car? Well, I think you could if you had some help.
Here is something that would help you. It is an automobile jack. If
you put this jack underneath the car and pump the handle, you can
easily lift a car that weighs over 3,000 pounds! (Use
the jack to lift up a heavy item that the kids can't lift if
possible)
Yes, with the help of a jack, you can lift a car, but you couldn't do
it alone, could you?
Some
of you have some pretty heavy burdens to carry in life. Perhaps you
have a physical handicap that makes your life difficult. Or, perhaps
your family is having financial difficulties. Maybe someone in your
family is sick and you are worried about them. You may be having a
hard time with school work or behaving. I don't know what the burdens
are that you have in your life, but I do know that there are some
that you just can't handle by yourself. Well, guess what? You don't
have to!
Jesus
said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will
give you rest." (Mat. 11:28) There is no reason for you to
struggle with burdens that are too heavy for you.
God's
Word is full of promises to help us in times of trouble. Here are
just a few: "Don't be afraid, I am with you." (Gen. 26:24)
"I'll give you strength." (Psalm 28:7) "I'm with you
in times of trouble." (Psalm 34:6) These words of encouragement
are just what we need to face the hard times that may come our way.
Does
that mean that if we will ask him, God will take all of our troubles
away? No, but he will help us. In fact, some of our struggles may
help us to grow and become stronger. They may also help us to learn
to trust in Jesus. But when the load is too heavy, he will help us to
carry it -- and there is no burden that is too heavy for Jesus. And
today, on the Sabbath, we get to be reminded of the fact that we can
place our burdens, faith, and trust on Jesus and that we can rest in
His strength.
PRAYER:
Let us pray: Dear Lord Jesus, Help me to remember to rest in you when
I become too tired
to
continue. Save me from my busyness by realizing that you carried all
my burdens for me. Thank you
for
your weekly Sabbath as a reminder to come to you to rest. Amen.
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