COME TO ME
Matthew 11
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
When you read carefully what precedes this invitation from Jesus you will understand better what Jesus is offering.
This is not about relieving you of stress or solving the problems of your life.
Jesus claims that all things are in his hand and access to God is through him. The invitation to come to him is an invitation to access all that belongs to him and that includes access into the Presence of God.
Yes, it may be as small and simple as being able to shift the burden that you carry on to him so that you can sleep at night; or it may be as deep and complex as dealing with sinful habits that have dug deep into your body and psyche.
Jesus does not bother to talk about how wrong or bad your problems are. That is not his concern. His concern that you recognise that God has made him the go to person in the universe and that is what you need to understand.
He invites you to come to him and he will give you rest. He promises that he is gentle and humble and his ways are easy and the obligations he may place on you are light.
The question is whether you trust him like “little children” or you are “wise and learned”.
“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.”