“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
—Matthew 11:28-30
Life doesn’t often give us opportunity for rest. But Jesus offered it any time, all the time. It’s not just the “kick your feet up and relax” kind of rest, though that sure can be nice sometimes. But when life isn’t giving us that kind of rest, Jesus’ promise of rest still stands. Rest for our souls.
“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” (Hebrews 4:9-10).
We don’t work to be right with God anymore. We rest in Him. We can trust in Him and in Him alone who has given us the right, the privilege, the command to come to Him boldly at any time.
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:14-16).
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