Title: Come unto me
Scripture: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28This one Scripture alone could answer all the problems in the world. It would solve the failures in the life of every person who turns back from following God. Coming to the Lord will bring victory in any person’s life. This is the loving Saviour speaking to each of us present today – He beckons us to “Come” to Him.
“Come” means to leave what you are doing and start doing what the Lord bids you to do. “Come” is an invitation for rest. Jesus first invites those who are weary: This word ‘weary’ literally means those who are exhausted from their hard labour. It describes those who collapse into bed at night weary from the day’s trials.
- Emotional Weariness: There are emotional stresses that wear us down! Some of us lack peace in our lives, we worry about not having anything to worry about, we worry about our worst fears coming true, and we doubt that anything good can come to our lives!
[pullquote] Corrie Ten Boom once wrote: “Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrows, it empties today of strength!” [/pullquote]
- Physical exhaustion: There are also physical stresses that exhaust us! Not enough sleep, too little exercise, poor nutrition, too much noise and hurrying about, trying to fit 2 or 3 things into the same space of time. We can do a great deal of damage to our bodies, and because we are whole people, in other words because we are body, soul and spirit – out physical exhaustion can lead us down a path of emotional depression or despair and spiritual apathy.
- Spiritual weariness: The weight of sin and the struggle to overcome its hold upon our life can lead us into a time of great spiritual exhaustion. There is a weariness of trying to live a good life in one’s own strength and energy. You fail time and time and time again and that can really drag you down.
- This invitation from Jesus is for you! Today! Admit that you are weary! To truly experience the rest that only Christ can give us, we must be truthful to ourselves and with God. We must humble admit our own weariness. We must be willing to recognize the burdens that we are bearing. We must confess that we are burdened. We must agree with God that the journey has been long and hard! And we must be willing to submit our lives to the only one who can truly help us, laying aside our pride and our self-sufficiency.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? – Romans 8:31
Prayer Points
- Father I cast all my care on you this day
- Father, I have no strength of my own, Please help me
- Father increase your grace to run the race in my life
