Laying in His lap, sobbing...

  

“What about if you are laying in His lap sobbing….” she asked.  

That's a good question….and I was challenged to provide a better answer than space allowed in the comment section to a FB post.  Life is not fair. There are times when we don’t just lean on Jesus, we literally need to crawl up in His lap and lay our head against Him and sob our hearts out. 

Laying in the lap of Jesus Christ and sobbing presents the picture of one who is in much pain and distress.  When our heart is overwhelmed, we are overpowered with an excessive amount of concern, fear, grief, or pain … we can’t handle life ... we just want to curl up and cry….and we do.

There is no better place to find ourselves than near to Jesus.  There is no one who feels our pain or knows our heartache better than Jesus does. 

If your heart is broken, bruised, or wounded, regardless of the cause, Jesus is the Healer.  A condemned heart means you are away from God and living in sin, Jesus is still the answer.  Repentance and cleansing for the soul heals a condemned heart.

I believe one of the hardest moments in the life of Jesus was while He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. .  He was going to Calvary to give His life on the cross to shed His blood for our sins.  His humanity was overwhelmed.  The agony was greater than He could endure.  He placed His head in the lap of the Father, so to speak, and submitted Hs will to the Father so that we could be redeemed.  God gave Jesus, His Son, the grace and strength to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.  He did it so that you can lay your head in His lap and sob your heart out.  He will reach out to you now, stroke your cheek and tell you how valuable you are to Him.  He will hold you close till the sobbing ceases and you are calm…

The Bible says that He is particularly close to the brokenhearted, that He rescues those whose spirits are crushed. We must let Him into our personal space so that He can minister to us, and heal us.  He won’t hurt you.  You don’t have to put up a wall to keep from being hurt again…Just let Him in...

As the song says:

"I want to sit at your feet, drink from the cup in your hand, 

lay back against you and breathe...feel your heartbeat." - Kari Jobi.


You can do that today.  

Invitation

Matthew 11:28-30 (Amplified Bible)

²⁸Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]


    ²⁹Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.


    ³⁰For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good--not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.