Traveling Light
Overview
Learn to lighten your load, as Max Lucado embraces what it really means to say, "The Lord is my Shepherd."
Weary travelers. You've seen them—everything they own crammed into their luggage. Staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels and backpacks.
Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop.
We've all seen people like that.
At times, we are people like that—if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load.
We all lug loads we were never intended to carry. Fear. Worry. Discontent.
No wonder we get so weary. We're worn out from carrying that excess baggage. Wouldn't it be nice to lose some of those bags?
That's the invitation of Max Lucado. With the twenty-third Psalm as our guide, let's release some of the burdens we were never intended to bear.
Top Highlights
“Traveling light means trusting God with the burdens you were never intended to bear.” (Page 8)
“Worry divides the mind. The biblical word for worry (merimnao) is a compound of two Greek words, merizo (‘to divide’) and nous (‘the mind’). Anxiety splits our energy between today’s priorities and tomorrow’s problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.” (Page 48)
“And he is ungoverned. Counselors can comfort you in the storm, but you need a God who can still the storm. Friends can hold your hand at your deathbed, but you need a Yahweh who has defeated the grave. Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.” (Page 17)
“‘Come to me,’ he invites, ‘all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest’ (Matt. 11:28 nlt).” (Page 6)
“The name I am sounds strikingly close to the Hebrew verb to be—havah. It’s quite possibly a combination of the present tense form (I am) and the causative tense (I cause to be). Yahweh, then, seems to mean ‘I am’ and ‘I cause.’ God is the ‘One who is’ and the ‘One who causes.’” (Page 15)
