Bearing One Another's Burdens

Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

Every believer carries weight—some visible, some hidden, some barely endured. Paul does not say we are merely to sympathize with one another’s burdens, but to bear them. That word implies sharing the load, stepping underneath the weight, and refusing to let another carry alone what was never meant to be borne in isolation.

Bearing burdens is costly. It requires time, emotional energy, and patience. It often interrupts convenience and stretches capacity. Revival restores willingness to be inconvenienced for the sake of love.

This command also reminds us that burden-bearing is not optional—it is obedience. Paul says that when we bear one another’s burdens, we fulfill “the law of Christ.” Love is not theoretical; it is expressed in shared suffering.

The church becomes strongest where burden-bearing is normal. When people feel safe to be honest about struggles, healing accelerates. Revival dismantles the pressure to appear fine and replaces it with grace-filled honesty.

Burden-bearing also requires discernment. We do not take control of others’ problems; we walk with them through them. We listen before advising, support before correcting, and pray before speaking. Revival restores this wisdom.

Ask yourself today: whose burden has God placed within your reach? Not everyone’s—but someone’s. Revival grows in churches where burdens are noticed and shared.

When we carry one another, we reflect the heart of Christ—who bore what none of us could.