I’ve received a blog request…”There are many times that we need rest for our weary lives and there are other times that we need to let God fill us with His spirit and press forward. How do we balance out the difference?”
Over the next couple days (as time permits) I’ll share my thoughts on both.
For now, find rest in these precious words that Jesus spoke: Matthew 11:28-30- "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."
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15 years ago
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These are comforting words. I always find it amazing how much the Lord wants to give me something, and how much I claim to want it and yet I don’t have it. If I want rest and He asking me to come to Him for it, where is the breakdown occurring? Verse 28 indicates that there may be some pride in me. Perhaps I don’t want to acknowledge that I can get “weary and heavy laden”. I want people (or myself) to think that I am so strong and inexhaustible that I don’t need any rest. It also seems, in verse 29, that rest is a byproduct of coming, learning and being yoked with Christ. I often find myself praying for rest in a selfish and unyoked way. But it’s that deep learning of his character and that yoked fellowship that gives me the abiding rest I truly desire. Some times my prayers for rest can reduce my Master into a divine sleeping pill instead of the Lord of the Sabbath. “Come”, “Learn” and be “Yoked”. All of these actions require faith, initiative and dependency on my part. The only problem is the more overwhelmed I am the greater the temptation to rely on my self. Hopefully the more I grow the shorter my cycles of self reliance will become. And the more rested and at peace I will be. God Bless, Jawara
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