Resting in Jesus or living in the unrest of the world?

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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.” Matthew 11:28-29

The rest of Jesus brings the order and simplicity of His life into all my plans for today. I cannot function smoothly without His omniscient wisdom. Jesus knows me better than I know myself. He keeps me from stumbling or making bad decisions. 

Jesus is calling all those who are burdened and cannot find peace or joy to come to Him. 

Jesus offers a new way to live free of burdens. Jesus died so you can live in His rest.

Jesus is worthy to be your God. He offers a believer His strength and protection and to learn from His values.

We need to examine the person of Jesus in making a decision for Him.

Jesus is alive and very accessible. He has a personality and range of emotions just like you. He can identify with the challenges of the world because He suffered and died here.

Jesus is gentle and compassionate. He is a humble and meek God. He is a God of unconditional love without any partiality to offering the gift of salvation to a human being.

Jesus has no ego. He desires to draw all unbelievers to Him. He will never force a person to come to Him. The unbeliever must reach out to Jesus.

The significance of Jesus is His sacrifice on the Cross. He died so a human being can have eternal life and receive forgiveness for all his sins by the blood of Christ. The slate is wiped clean and a believer can face Jesus blameless and without any condemnation.

The deeper work of the Cross is offering a believer a new life filled with the character of Jesus. This is happens by making a decision to live for Jesus and to die to self. The gift of salvation is developing a personal and endearing relationship with Jesus. The goal of a believer is to seek the perfect will of Jesus for his life.

The believer hears the voice of Jesus and lives in His presence. This is accomplished by the Holy Spirit who is sealed in all believers. He is the life of Jesus and the portal to His powerful attributes. Jesus fills a believer with strength, wisdom, joy and protection. He does for you what you can never do for yourself.

Please reach out to me with any questions or to share your contributions about resting in Jesus. I am also available to pray for you. Commit your works each day to Jesus and yield to the Holy Spirit and you will discover His limitless rest.