Getting There

"Come to Me . . ." (Matthew 11:28).

Where sin and sorrow stops, and the song of the saint starts. Do I really want to get there? I can right now. The questions that truly matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by these words -  “Come to Me.” Our Lord’s words are not, “Do this, or don’t do that,” but -  “Come to me.” If I will simply come to Jesus, my real life will be brought into harmony with my real desires. I will actually cease from sin, and will find the song of the Lord beginning in my life.

Have you ever come to Jesus? Look at the stubbornness of your heart. You would rather do anything than this one simple childlike thing -  “Come to Me.” If you really want to experience ceasing from sin, you must come to Jesus.

Jesus Christ makes Himself the test to determine your genuineness. Look how He used the word come. At the most unexpected moments in your life there is this whisper of the Lord -  “Come to Me,” and you are immediately drawn to Him. Personal contact with Jesus changes everything. Be “foolish” enough to come and commit yourself to what He says. The attitude necessary for you to come to Him is one where your will has made the determination to let go of everything and deliberately commit it all to Him.

“. . . and I will give you rest” -  that is, “I will sustain you, causing you to stand firm.” He is not saying, “I will put you to bed, hold your hand, and sing you to sleep.” But, in essence, He is saying, “I will get you out of bed— out of your listlessness and exhaustion, and out of your condition of being half dead while you are still alive. I will penetrate you with the spirit of life, and you will be sustained by the perfection of vital activity.” Yet we become so weak and pitiful and talk about “suffering” the will of the Lord! Where is the majestic vitality and the power of the Son of God in that?

~ Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.


Putting everything in the Lord's hands can be so challenging, but I am learning to do just that!  We have to trust, and have faith that he knows what is best for our lives.  A lot of times I have had a difficult time thinking about things too much.  I have to fully trust in the Lord, and "go to Him!"  When I first read "Be “foolish” enough to come and commit yourself to what He says," I had a hard time understanding what the word foolish meant.  I asked Steve for his help in my understanding, and to me he nailed it, and it made perfect sense!  You know how "foolish" some people can be in the sense that they don't think things through, or don't "research" things before they do stuff?  That is what I think this means when they use the word foolish.  God wants us to "Come to him" without thinking and analyzing it.  He wants us to have faith in him and not question why he wants us to do it! 

He doesn't only want us to "come to Him" in the good times, but in our times of need, sorrow, and grief.  He will not pacify us and let us weep.   He will pick us up, helps us to get out of the "bad place" we are in if we just "come to Him!"  How awesome that our God is so perfect that he is "begging" us to turn to him with everything we have and want to take on all of our happiness, and sorrows!  It is such a wonderful feeling knowing I can turn to him and give all my worries to him, and he will take care of me!