I Will Give You Rest

"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 (NIV)

What a promise this is to us! We just need to go to our Lord and He will give us rest. How often during the day I long for rest. Rest from my busy life, rest from the problems that arise in caring for a husband and children, rest from all the expectations of others that engulf me. Sometimes, I am just overwhelmed. I am weary, I am heavy-laden and I need rest. That's when I hear my Savior's voice saying, "Come to Me." If I listen, if I obey, if I deliberately set aside all my cares and go to Him, I do find rest and refreshing. I can go on to perform all the tasks that need to be done...in His strength. It is amazing what can be accomplished in His strength! How thankful I am for a Savior who cares about me and doesn't want me to go through life in a frenzy. He wants me to be at peace and I can only do that with Him at my side.
Father, help me to remember to seek out your Son, each day, that I may know rest. Thank you for providing Jesus to be my companion on this journey home. Thank you for the strength that He provides in carrying my burdens for me. Truly you have blessed me with a special friend. Let me never lose sight of Him and all He is to me. Amen
Mtt;11:25-30 It becomes children to be grateful. When we come to God as a Father, we must remember that he is Lord of heaven and earth, which obliges us to come to him with reverence as to the sovereign Lord of all; yet with confidence, as one able to defend us from evil, and to supply us with all good. Our blessed Lord added a remarkable declaration, that the Father had delivered into his hands all power, authority, and judgment. We are indebted to Christ for all the revelation we have of God the Father's will and love, ever since Adam sinned. Our Saviour has invited all that labour and are heavy-laden, to come unto him. In some senses all men are so. Worldly men burden themselves with fruitless cares for wealth and honours; the gay and the sensual labour in pursuit of pleasures; the slave of Satan and his own lusts, is the merest drudge on earth. Those who labour to establish their own righteousness also labour in vain. The convinced sinner is heavy-laden with guilt and terror; and the tempted and afflicted believer has labours and burdens. Christ invites all to come to him for rest to their souls. He alone gives this invitation; men come to him, when, feeling their guilt and misery, and believing his love and power to help, they seek him in fervent prayer. Thus it is the duty and interest of weary and heavy-laden sinners, to come to Jesus Christ. This is the gospel call; Whoever will, let him come. All who thus come will receive rest as Christ's gift, and obtain peace and comfort in their hearts. But in coming to him they must take his yoke, and submit to his authority. They must learn of him all things, as to their comfort and obedience. He accepts the willing servant, however imperfect the services. Here we may find rest for our souls, and here only. Nor need we fear his yoke. His commandments are holy, just, and good. It requires self-denial, and exposes to difficulties, but this is abundantly repaid, even in this world, by inward peace and joy. It is a yoke that is lined with love. So powerful are the assistances he gives us, so suitable the encouragements, and so strong the consolations to be found in the way of duty, that we may truly say, it is a yoke of pleasantness. The way of duty is the way of rest. The truths Christ teaches are such as we may venture our souls upon. Such is the Redeemer's mercy; and why should the labouring and burdened sinner seek for rest from any other quarter? Let us come to him daily, for deliverance from wrath and guilt, from sin and Satan, from all our cares, fears, and sorrows. But forced obedience, far from being easy and light, is a heavy burden. In vain do we draw near to Jesus with our lips, while the heart is far from him. Then come to Jesus to find rest for your souls.
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest Mat 11:28
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest.
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

god bless you
Lawrence and julie

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