Text: Matt. 11:28-30
28Come unto all me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Our Saviour has invited all that labour and are heavy-laden, to come unto him. Christ invites all to come to him for rest to their souls. He alone gives this invitation; men come to him, when, feeling their guilt and misery, and believing his love and power to help, they seek him in fervent prayer. All who thus come directly to Jesus will receive rest as Christ’s gift, and obtain peace and comfort inn their hearts. This passage of the scriptures teaches that we can only find help and comfort in Christ Jesus and no other person. But in coming to Him they must take his yoke, and submit to his authority. They must learn of Him all things, as to their comfort and obedience. No need we fair His yoke. His commandments are holy, just and good. It requires self-denial, and exposes to difficulties, but this is abundantly repaid, even in this world, by inward peace and joy. It is a yoke that is lined with love.
Let us come to Him daily, for deliverance from wrath and guilt, from sin and satan, from all our cares, fears, and sorrows. But forced obedience, far from being easy and light, is a heavy burden. In vain do we draw near to Jesus with our lips, while the heart is far from Him. Then come to Jesus with faith and full submission to find rest.
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