“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am humble in heart. Here, you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
We have been asking the question the last few days of ‘Where do you go?’ So have you truly thought much about it? Everytime I read the statement that Jesus made above I just have to simply smile……and breathe. Don’t you? To know that there is a place of rest! To know that there is no burden of living life the right way…..at least there isn’t supposed to be! Maybe you’re feeling stressed and out of whack right now. The job has you going crazy. The debt keeps growing larger by the minute. Your health certainly isn’t where you hoped it would be! The kids are growing up and you and your spouse are growing apart…whatever it is, guess what friend! It doesn’t have to be there! Did you hear me? The stress, hurt, pain, agony….none of it has to be there! But it all comes down to ‘Where do you go?’ When you celebrate? Where do you go? When you’re sad? Where do you go? When you hurt? Where do you go? You know the amazing thing about what Jesus does with his words in that message is that he actually calls us to action. Not only is it an invitation to find a resting place and a place of healing, but it is also a call to action! It’s a call to get rid of the junk and rest in HIS way of living. He said it! It’s not a burden and it’s not a yoke of slavery, no, instead it’s a call to truly living. So as you wrap up the day and face a new week, I guess the question is no longer ‘where do you go’ but instead is simply this: ‘Come.’ Friend, simply let go and come. Come rest in the house of your Father. Come sit down on the couch of love and recline with the foot stool of peace. Eat at the table of celebration and then lay on the bed of promise. Wherever you are, good or bad, tough or easy, happy or sad…the invitation is to simply come.
