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Matthew 11:25-30

As a believer that confesses Christ, why do you have to wait this long to enter His rest? Claiming to have known Him is not enough until you begin to lay hold on the promises that He has in place for you. You have been laboring long enough and yet your burden continues to be heavy. What is it that could have been wrong? Why does your burden remain heavy when it is supposed to be light? Jesus has not spoken and failed to do what He says He will do. There was a message of invitation in His communication when He said in Matthew < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>11:28, ÒCome to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.Ó There is a place of rest in your labor and that place is in your deliberate going to Him and letting out your heavy laden. In the letting out of your heavy laden, you will exchange it for His yoke. He said it in Matthew 11:29 ÒTake my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Ó His yoke is not heavy, but demanding. JesusÕ yoke requires you to learn and when you are able to learn, you will live by what you have learned from Him. A failure to live with a gentle and lowly heart is evidence that you have not learn from Him. As a claimed believer, examine yourself, look at the source of all your labor that is accompanied by heavy laden and no rest; you will found out that you have not be operating what you claim to have learned. Take to the Word of God and He will take up your heavy laden. He said it all in Matthew 11:30, ÒFor my yoke is easy and my burden is light.Ó Do not rust out; rest in Him.