Sunday, January 4, 2026

I Didn’t Know My Faith Was Heavy Until the Weight Was Gone

I served Jesus most of my life—and if I’m honest, I was exhausted. But what’s surprising is this: I didn’t know I was weighed down at the time. I thought what I was carrying was normal. I assumed faith was supposed to feel demanding, heavy, and costly in ways that quietly drained you.

It wasn’t until later—after I encountered Jesus in His true covenantal and historical reality—that I realized how much weight I had been carrying. Only then could I see the difference between serving God and serving a version of faith that had slowly become a burden to bear.




Nothing about my devotion changed. My sincerity didn’t change. What changed was clarity. And with clarity came freedom.

Looking back, I can now see that much of what shaped my understanding of faith wasn’t rooted as deeply in Scripture as I had assumed. Layers of tradition, history, and inherited assumptions had subtly framed how I viewed God, worship, and even obedience. At the time, I didn’t question it—because it’s all I had ever known.

The shift didn’t come from walking away from faith, but from seeing it more clearly. When the framework changed, the weight lifted. Scripture began to make sense in ways it never had before. God felt consistent, not contradictory. Faith stopped feeling like something I had to constantly manage and started feeling like something I could finally live.

I’ve linked three YouTube videos below that helped explain why my faith had felt so heavy for so long. They don’t tell you what to believe—but they do help uncover how history shaped what many of us inherited. If you’re quietly asking similar questions, they may help you see things more clearly too.

Sometimes you don’t realize how heavy something is until you finally set it down. That was true for me—and it may be true for you too.

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