Come to Me, all you 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."—Matthew 11:28-30
Whenever I read these precious words of Jesus my shoulders relax, my mind calms and hope rises. Jesus is my burden bearer. He bids me to come. He refreshes my soul with salvation, renews my mind with His word and quiets my heart with His peace. “I will give you rest” is literally, “I will rest you.”
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.—Psalm 38:4
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
Until these calamities have passed by.
I will cry out to God Most High,
To God who performs all things for me.—Psalm 57:1-2
Life in this world is exhausting. The burden of sin and all of its consequences are wearying. So much jockeying for position. So much competition. So much trying to be something you are not. So much of everything that doesn’t matter in the end and not nearly enough of what is truly important.
Not so with Christ. Beloved…Yoke yourself to the One who is always with you, will never leave you and is always on your side. Commit Yourself to Him. Walk with Him in beautiful surrender and learn from Him. When you are yoked up to Him, you become His disciple. The cares of the world will fade because He is teaching you, leading you and guiding you. He will place you where He wants you. He will bring you forward and He will bring you back.
In contrast to the yoke of the world, His is light and easy to bear. In contrast to those who reject Him, He is humble and gentle. In Him and only in Him, will you find rest for your soul.
I went to the Treasury of Scripture this morning and found the following verses for the above section of Scripture. They helped my heart. Hoping they do the same for each of you.
Mat 11:28
Come.
Isa 45:22-25 53:2,3 55:1-3 Joh 6:37 7:37 Re 22:17
all.
23:4 Ge 3:17-19 Job 5:7 14:1 Ps 32:4 38:4 90:7-10 Ec 1:8,14 2:22,23 4:8 Isa 1:4 61:3 66:2 Mic 6:6-8 Ac 15:10 Ro 7:22-25 Ga 5:1
and I.
29 Ps 94:13 116:7 Isa 11:10 28:12 48:17,18 Jer 6:16 2Th 1:7 Heb 4:1
Mat 11:29
my.
7:24 17:5 Joh 13:17 14:21-24 15:10-14 1Co 9:21 2Co 10:5 1Th 4:2 2Th 1:8 Heb 5:9
and learn.
27 28:20 Lu 6:46-48 8:35 10:39-42 Joh 13:15 Ac 3:22,23 7:37 Eph 4:20,21 Php 2:5 1Jo 2:6
for.
12:19,20 21:5 Nu 12:3 Ps 131:1 Isa 42:1-4 Zec 9:9 Lu 9:51-56 2Co 10:1 Php 2:7,8 1Pe 2:21-23
and ye.
28 Jer 6:16 Heb 4:3-11
Mat 11:30
my yoke.
Pr 3:17 Mic 6:8 Ac 15:10,28 Ga 5:1,18 1Jo 5:3
burden.
Joh 16:33 2Co 1:4,5 4:17 12:9,10 Php 4:13
