Galal
Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on,
rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (AMPC)
Guinea fowl are beautiful in my book! Next year I want to add a couple of them to our flock.
They serve a purpose as you will read below and up here in the mountains, we have a serious
problem because of all the deer and snakes. Suzanne Davenport Tietjen (Mornings with Jesus)
shares a compelling story.
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My Guinea fowl are the size of pheasants and are supposed to taste so good. We wouldn’t know
because we keep them to work. They kill rattlesnakes and eat all the ticks without destroying the
garden. Keeping our guineas fed in the winter is the hard part. Their high-protein feed comes in
forty-pound bags. At the farm store, I can tip the bag off the shelf and into the cart, letting
gravity do the work. An employee cheerfully loads it into my car. But once I’m home, it’s
beyond my strength to carry the feed fifty yards to their pen.
In all kinds of weather, my old ice-fishing sled makes the job easy enough that I don’t need help.
I position the sled behind my old station wagon and roll the feed bag into it. Once it is in the
sled, a child could pull it.
The Hebrew word for roll is galal, meaning to commit or trust. When I roll that feed bag, there’s
a “teetering” moment when the outcome is certain, but I just hasn’t happened yet. Every time I
roll a feed bag, I think of my commitment to Jesus. With Him, my outcome is certain, no matter
how much teetering there is in my spiritual life.
Just as my guineas trust me to provide food in summer and winter, so must I trust Jesus in all
seasons.
FAITH STEP: Do you have a burden today? Imagine yourself rolling it into the arms of Jesus
as you pray. Release the weight of it to him.
Father God, thank You for carrying the weight of our heavy burdens. Remind us to off-load into
Your arms and not wear ourselves out with unrealistic expectations. AMEN.