Commit to memory: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 KJV
There is a battle raging on in the world today but in the midst of these, there is a Great invitation from the Father to draw men and to give as many that submit to the way of the cross rest. The first way to this is to accept Jesus. The Almighty God gave this great invitation to mankind in Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
It’s important to know that this invitation is not only to Believers or backsliders, but to as many that are almost giving up, many in sorrow, many in pain, many living in sin, many perpetuating evil and devising wickedness. Are you wondering how this concerns you? If you are a Believer, do you know you are God’s hope to the lost? Do you know that you can use unpleasant situations to present this great invitation of rest to as many you come across? For example, if someone is about to manipulate and dupe you while on a phone call, if at once you discern; you can play along and use that opportunity to present this great invitation to rest that Jesus assured many plagued with life’s ills and perils and those with deceptive life styles to present such an individual salvation thereby winning such to Christ. It is true that if such individual hardens his heart by hanging up the call- you can float a text message to covey the thoughts of the Father on the need for redemption for such a sinner.
In today’s commit to memory, Jesus is saying to you that no matter how great you are, no matter how dirty you think or know you are, no matter the pain you perceive you have caused many, no matter the ills that has caused you depression, no matter the sickness- physical or spiritual that has afflicted you, no matter the affliction you have suffered from the enemy, no matter the wickedness of your heart, no matter the burdens upon your shoulders, no matter the yokes upon your neck, no matter what you’ve done that has now made you feel or think that you cannot forgive yourself and far from divine forgiveness, no matter your toiling, no matter your guilts, delays, rejections and setbacks; no matter your weariness and failures, no matter your deception, no matter your labour such that you are fainting and weighed down to the extent that you’re almost giving up, the Lord is saying; “COME AND FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.”
Friends, what shall it profit you if you gain the whole world and suffer the loss of your soul? There’s something that matters more than money, gold or silver – your “SOUL”. It matters to God and should also matter to you. Are you tired of the kind of life that’s responsible for your present day reality? Hearken to the great invitation and surrender your life to Jesus today and let Him take away all your pains and supply you with his peace and rest.
Reflection: Until you come as you are to Jesus, you never experience rest.
Prayer Lines: Father, every burden upon my shoulders and yoke upon my neck, let your rest lift and destroy.