Come to me, all of you who labor and heavy -laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew: 11:28,29
Lighten your Load:
God will give you the power and the strength you need to serve Him.
Matthew 11:28-30 teaches us that Jesus is not a hard Taskmaster.
In this passage, Jesus is saying that He is good and His system is good, not burdensome or difficult. Religious rules and regulations can be harsh and pressing, and you can easily get overburdened if you do not know how to do everything you feel is expected of you. But Jesus is saying here; “I am not that way. My ways are not like that. They are not hard, harsh, sharp and pressing, but they are comfortable, gracious, and pleasant.”
God not only tell us what to do, He gives us strength and wisdom to do it. If God did not give me the power to run my Immanuel Care Home, I would be burdened and in way over my head. But it is not hard for me. I am comfortable doing what God has equipped me to do. I would not be equipped with my power to get it done if I tried to serve God from the standpoint of mere rules and regulations, and I would be miserable. But I serve Him because I deeply love Him; therefore, I have joy in what I do.
Jesus lead us to a place that is comfortable, gracious, and pleasant.
I believe that serving God is easy if we learn to hear from Him and simply obey rather than struggle to do things, He never asked us to do for Him.
Take time and seek God about whether your works are His works. Is He leading you to do for you to do them? If you discover that you are involved in works of flesh and that God has not given you the grace to do them, do not be afraid to lay them down and seek Him about His will of your life.
Remember, it will not always be easy, but there will be comfort, grace, and pleasure associated with doing His works. Jesus wants to lighten the load you have been carrying all by yourself and give you rest.
Prayer
Thank you, Jesus, that You will ease and refresh my soul when I am weary and that you will cause me to rest.
Thank you that Your yoke is not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious and pleasant and that Your yoke is light and easy for me to bear.
Amen
Sol.Kamal Kumari