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INVITATION TO REST

Text : Mathew 11:28 ISV 

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest. 

Everybody wants rest. Or should I say everyone needs rest. After creation of the heavens and earth, God rested on the seventh day, not from exhaustion or weariness, but because He has completed His work.
And secondly because He wants to show man that rest is part of life.

The reason many are slaving morning till night is because they desire rest for themselves at later years. The desire for rest is an inbuilt nature in man. However, not many are finding this much needed Rest.

Psalm 127:2 says It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor—truly he gives sleep to those he loves. This verse is the true definition of some people's lives. They are the first to wake, the last to sleep and yet with almost nothing to show for it. This is not the plan of God for man, God's enemy has done this.
God wants you to rest. He gives sleep to those He loves, so you must know that sleep is a gift.

This is so because rest and comforts can only be found in God, outside Him is labour, struggles, and pain.

In our text, Jesus gave an open invitation to all. He said "Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens". In simple terms, what qualifies you to come is your acknowledgement of the fact that you are weary and loaded with burdens. 
One of the greatest evil  you can do to yourself is refusing to face the truth.

Many are weary and heavy laden, yet they live as though they are not cognisant of it. Problem known they say is half-solved.
Though Jesus' invitation is to all, yet only those who see themselves as they truly are can respond to it.

Now, your part is to 'come'. Note that the caller is Jesus Christ Himself and not prophets or pastors or any such middle man.  Jesus promised to give you rest. He said "...and I will give you rest.'

Jesus is the only giver of true rest. When you go to Him, He will do what He says He will.  


Bible Reading  : Mathew. 11:25-30.

Prayer Points

1. Lord, I  receive the grace to come into your rest in the name of Jesus.


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