Chuck is a fun word.
Merriam-Webster.com tells us it was first used in the 14th century to imitate the sounds of a chicken. That seems pretty obvious to us, and in any case, that’s not the fun part.
Read some of the words it rhymes with: yuck, schmuck, duck, guck, truck.
Now let’s look at a different meaning of chuck: to toss on the trash heap.
Let’s put all that into a sentence or two.
If you have a truck that makes your friends think yuck, don’t be a schmuck. Clear your guck from the bed of your truck and chuck it away.
What do we need to chuck out of our spiritual lives? What keeps us chained to the world and prevents us from being spiritually successful?
Psalm 55:22 tells us:
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Cast is a synonym for chuck. This verse is really saying to chuck the things that keep us from following the Lord. We need to chuck our problems out of our truck, and the world will no longer think yuck when they watch us trying to be a Christian on our own.
Matthew 11:28-30 encourages us to begin the chucking process.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
There’s one word we haven’t used from our list of rhyming words. Let’s chuck it in now.
The devil had better duck when we chuck away our chains, because it’s Jesus who’s helping us clear the junk away.
Duck, devil. It’s chucking time.
Whatever keeps us from the Lord needs to be cast to the side of the road.
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