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RESTING IN JESUS

(MATTHEW 11:28-30)

INTRODUCTION:

MOST PEOPLE ARE SO PREOCCUPIED BY THERE JOBS, FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, AND LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE IS NO TIME TO REST IN JESUS. THEY HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES DISTANT IN THERE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHERE THERE PEACE WITH HIM HAS BEEN DISTURB.

I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL REST, BUT SPIRITUAL REST WHERE YOU TOTALLY SURRENDER TO JESUS.

THE QUESTION TODAY IS HOW DO WE FIND REST IN JESUS?

WE MUST COME TO HIM.

WE MUST SUBMIT TO HIM.

WE MUST REST IN HIM.

A. WE MUST COME TO HIM.

Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REST FROM THER LABOR AND THE BURDENS IN THERE LIVES TO GIVE SERVICE UNTO THE LORD. JESUS GIVES EVERYONE OF US AN INVITATION TO FIND PEACE AND RELIEF FROM LIFE STRUGGLES.

WHEN JESUS SAID COME, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US TO ENTER INTO HIS REST. THE WAY WE DO THIS IS BY TRUSTING IN JESUS TO BE OUR LORD AND GUIDE INTO SERENITY. MOST OF US DO NOT COME TO JESUS WITH OUR PROBLEMS, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE CAN FIND THE SOLUTION THROUGH WORLDLY MEANS. YOU CANNOT FIND PEACE FROM ANYTHING THAT THE WORLD HAVE TO OFFER, BECAUSE JESUS SAID PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU; NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU.

ONCE WE ADMIT OUR WEAKNESS TO THE LORD, THIS WILL ALLOW HIM TO COME INTO OUR LIVES TO TAKE OVER OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND REMOVE US OUT OF THE EQUATION, SO THAT HE CAN DO HIS WORK.

John 6:35 “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”

B. WE MUST SUBMIT TO HIM.

Matthew 11:29 “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

TO SUBMIT TO THE LORD COMES WITH HUMILITY AND A DISCIPLINE LIFE TO ADHERE TO THE LORD’S TEACHINGS. YOU MUST BE A DISCIPLE OF THE LORD BUILDING ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, SO THAT YOU CAN BE LED BY HIS SPIRIT.

WE MUST PUT ON JESUS AND GET RID OF THE SOULISH LIFE THAT ONLY CENTERS AROUND SELF SO THAT WE SHALL FIND REST UNTO OUR SOULS.

TO SUBMIT TO THE LORD MEANS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT HIS GUIDANCE. HOW CAN WE LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT JESUS IF WE DON’T HAVE HIM IN OUR HEARTS.

WE MUST ACTIVELY SEEK HIS WILL THROUGH HIS WORD IN ORDER FOR US TO EMULATE HIS CHARACTER. THIS ONLY CAN BE DONE THROUGH OBEDIENCE.

John 13:15–17 “For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.”

C. WE MUST REST IN HIM.

I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING AWAY, BUT COMING TO HIM. THE REST JESUS WANTS FOR US, IS TO FIND COMFORT IN HIM.

JESUS WANTS US TO BE FREE IN HIM WITHOUT ANY WORRIES, BURDENS, GUILT, OR SINS THAT WILL WEIGH US DOWN. AND IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEM, HE WANTS YOU TO BRING THEM TO HIM.

JESUS WANTS US TO EXPERIENCE HIS GRACE AND LOVE. TOO MANY TIMES WE ALLOW THE DEVIL TO STEAL OUR PEACE, WHEN THE LORD IS OFFERING HIMSELF TO US. WE MUST STOP TRYING TO FIX THINGS IN OUR LIVES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX, BUT THE LORD. ONCE WE LET THE LORD HAVE HIS PLACE OF AUTHORITY OVER OUR LIVES, THEN WE WILL FIND REST FOR OUR SOULS.

John 15:10–14 “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”