ENTER HIS REST
Matthew 11:25-30

Labor is inevitable or else stealing will be come acceptable to you. It is written in Ephesians 4:28 “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” However, as a believer who confesses Christ, when your labor continuously and consistently becomes too heavy and backed with struggle, there is a need for check up. Laboring is of God but laboring that inhabits heavy laden is not of God. The word of God commands in Exodus 20:9, “Six days you shall labor and do all your work.” Apparently, any labor that is outside of God’s command becomes labor and heavy laden. Why are you allowing labor to take away your serving Him? God encourages us to labor but not to allow labor to overtake us from serving Him. In your labor, how long do you have to wait before entering into 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 gone 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 is a message of invitation in His communication when He said in Matthew 11:28, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” There is a place of rest in your labor and that place is inside of your deliberate response to His call and going to Him to let 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 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” His yoke is not heavy, but it is demanding. Jesus’ 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 been 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, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Do not rust out; rest in Him.
 
Prayer for today: Cause me O Lord to be fully obedient in all of Your command.