Are You Weary?

Matthew 11:28-30—“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, 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.”

Going through life without connecting to Jesus is really hard.  If we think about what it would be like to personally take on every responsibility and every burden for every single event in our lives, it would be overwhelming.  The weight of that responsibility would break most people.  Not only that, but it is also kind of arrogant for us to think we really have control over anything in our own lives.  We aren’t meant to know all the answers.  We aren’t capable of always doing the right thing.  But Jesus has promised all of us that He will give us rest.  When we come to know Jesus, we are turning away from the belief that as a person, we can do it all alone.  We acknowledge that life is just too heavy a burden to carry.  In exchange for lifting that load, Jesus tells us to take up His yoke and learn from Him.  He calls us to be gentle and humble so that we can find rest.  When we take on the gentle and humble nature of Christ, we don’t have to get angry that everything isn’t going our way.  We don’t have to be upset that a co-worker disagreed with us in a meeting.  We don’t have to feel slighted about the way someone has looked at us or spoken to us.  It is enough that Jesus loves us, and we can respond compassionately knowing that the Almighty God has it under control.

Today as you pray and meditate on His Word, praise God for being in control even when His Ways are mysterious to us.  Thank Him for His Everlasting Love and the gift of His Son Jesus Christ, who has taught us to be humble and gentle.  Pray that God would continually mold your spirit in gentleness and humility that the light of Jesus Christ would shine through you always.