The Weight Jesus Carried

This morning, I heard a Demonhunter song with the lyrics:

“Will you carry me down the isle that final day, with your tears and cold hands shaking from the weight?”

It got me thinking about that weight Jesus carried to the cross. Not the wooden cross He physically lugged to His death. Not some extra fat on his body, for those who are literal. It’s the emotional and spiritual weight. The unliftable heaviness of sin. It was sin that killed Him and Love that raised Him.

The reality is overwhelming to consider. Knowing the full nature and weight of sin. Being God and knowing the fullness of the Kingdom. Our sin created this immeasurable tension between the two.

In order to bridge the gap, Jesus died. The great propitiation. He satisfied the full penalty humans face this side of heaven, apart from God. Doing so involved sustaining, ‘with tears and cold hands shaking’, the immense burden sin created (creates).

Fortunately, Jesus doesn’t have to be recrucified every time we sin. Or for every person who chooses salvation. His one death and one resurrection are forever sufficient.

Finally, that weight doens’t seem extinct. It’s still laid on the shoulders of sinners, everyone. Only choosing Jesus will relieve the burden. “My yoke is easy, my burden is light.” Don’t try bearing the weight yourself. You’ll get crushed every time. Jesus Christ absolutely died to relieve you of the burden. Let Him!