“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from me, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
Who isn’t weary and burdened? Isn’t that pretty much the normal state of life? We are always busy; we fret and we worry. We stay up later to accomplish more. Our sleep is shortened and disturbed, but we think that if we could accomplish just a little more than we would have everything under control. This is beginning to sound like the definition of insanity – doing the same thing and expecting a different result. So, instead of working a little longer or doing one more thing, and pushing ourselves beyond our limits – let’s ask how we can come to Him. This position of rest is meant to be a perpetual state, not a stop along the way. To find His rest and to take on His yoke will require us to change how we do life. But what if we like it as it is: hectic, noisy and busy? We will first have to determine how much we like the status quo (even if it is killing us), or decide if we are willing to change the pattern of our life. Are we pushed and worn to the point where we are willing to do something different? Where do we start? First, we will have to make quality time to spend with Him. No, this does not mean even less sleep! This means that we will have to cut or reduce something else that we consider important in order to have quality time with God. It sounds painful, doesn’t it? Stop! This doesn’t mean squeezing Him in between other tasks. Here is a quick lesson in God’s new math – more quality time spent with Him will leave us more time to do what we need to do. Putting our time with God first will expedite the rest of our schedule. Time spent with Him could have other lasting effects. Warning! Some things in life may no longer be important to you. So go ahead and try this yoke on. It looks as if it was custom made for you!
