Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Like a backpack full of bricks being carried everywhere, are you weighed down mentally and emotionally by issues and worries of life? Has your life becomes a struggle and dreadful? Are you pressured by getting involved in rat race? Is care and responsibility weighing you down? Jesus’ presence offers release and refreshing to those who are tired and overburdened and He is inviting us to come into His presence where rest and refreshing and new life can be accessed. He says, “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” (V. 29). When we answer this call, Jesus releases us from the burdens that have weighed us down. God never puts one under pressure. His yoke is easy and light. (V.30)
When we sense that the care and worries of life are beginning to weigh us down, we must reevaluate what we’re doing. Taking stock of what is in your backpack is a big step. We are often overburdened by imposed responsibilities others placed on us, self inflicted responsibility that pressures us and things that are not of God. If so, accept the Lord’s invitation to be released. God never uses guilt, condemnation, or pressure to motivate us. Hebrews 4:15 says “For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses”
God deals with us as individuals. He never compares our growth with Him to the progress of others. His willingness to relate to us brings liberty and removes all competition. In Second Corinthians 10:12 Paul warns us of the foolishness of comparing ourselves with one another. He said, “Of course we would not dare classify ourselves or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. How stupid they are! They make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and they judge themselves by their own standards!” (TEV).
There is no competition with the Lord. He permits us to live and learn at our own rate, and allows others the same privilege. There is no pressure to be or do something to win God’s approval and you do not need people’s approval. His way is easy and light. The Lord never puts pressure on us to perform! Without the added stress of performance we’re able to discover the destiny for our lives.
Jesus makes one simple request: “Come to Me!”
When we come tired and burdened, He will relieve and refresh us. When we come heavy-laden and weary, He gives us rest. He gives us ease and blessed quiet.