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Rest
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matt 11:28-30 (KJV)
As we go through life after we have been saved, it is very easy to get pulled into the religious side of life. We all do it, I mean we say to ourselves ok, I need to just read my bible and pray 4 times today and everything will be alright. Or we say, ok as long as I go to church this morning and tonight I will feel better.
Truth is, if you are caught in this trap then you are very much like the people that Jesus was talking to in today’s verses. The pharisees had turned faith in God into a set of rules and legalism. It’s soo hard for us as believers to accept the fact that Jesus paid it all. I mean there is nothing else for you to do but believe in Him and turn your life over to Him. I don’t care what you may be going through, there is peace in knowing God is in control of your life.
Now, I’m not saying to stop going to church or start going and doing sinful things jusr because you are saved! On the contrary, I’m saying that because you are saved you should not do anything that would cause anyone who is not saved to doubt your salvation. But, back to today’s verses.......When you feel like the world is falling around you, and no matter how many times you pray or read your bible or go to church, it doesn’t make things better. Remember what Jesus said,”Come to me all who labor in vain for your salvation” “I am the only one who can give you peace and rest” Of course that was the Steve Paraphrased Version, but I believe that is what He was telling us.
If you are like me, and life sometimes will hand you things that you don’t understand’ it is soo nice to know that all we have to do is turn our worries over to God because He is in control anyway. Nothing we can do other than believing in Him and His Son Jesus can give us rest.(Peace)
If you have never felt the peace of knowing you are a child of God, and feel convicted
right now, all you have to do is tell God you are sorry for your sins; ask Him to forgive you; remember leave your sins at the foot of the cross because that is where they were taken care of; Now turn from your old life and turn to a life of whatever God calls you to do. Ask Him to reveal his will for your life to you. Read your bible and pray. Stay in His word because it is one of the ways He talks to us.
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