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THE INVITATION

Text :  Matthew 11:28.

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

The greatest and most important invitation one can receive in life is the one given by the King of kings Himself. Now, imagine a situation where you refuse to honor the invitation of the King of kings. That's the greatest tragedy one can commit against his own soul.

Jesus Christ gave an open invitation to all in Matthew 11:28. It is an invitation to Rest. He's inviting all to come to Him and the invitation is still open till today. 

He says in John 6:37 that He will by no means cast out anyone who comes to Him. The problem is many are not honoring this invitation. It is one thing to send an invite, it's another to receive or accept the invite.

Jesus gave an explicit analogy on this in the parable about a banquet in the book of Matthew 22. It talks about a King who gave invitation to people to freely come to his well-put-togetger wedding feast.

The bunch of all those who were invited paid no attention to this invitation. One by one, they began to give different lame excuses. At the end of the day, all of them who turned down the King's invitation paid with their lives 

This is by no means a mere parable. *You can't turned down the King's invitation without attracting the King's wrath.* 

Jesus is calling you to come to Him today. He says in Hebrew 4:7 that if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart.

This is not an invitation to church or any gathering. This is an invitation to come to Jesus Himself. When you honor this invitation, you have opened yourself up to the source of life Himself.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father, grant me the  wisdom and strength to honor your invitation to eternal rest and peace.. 

 *Bible Reading :* 

Matthew 22:1-14.

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