Matthew 11:28-29 (NIV)
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Introduction
Introduction
103 How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.
“I Love Honey.”
“I Love Honey.”
Honey Biscuits
When something is sweet and tasteful, we tend to go back to it!
God’s desire, as we begin this series, is that we continually return to His word to find His promises are trustworthy and true!
So, each week we are going to look at one of God’s amazing promises for our lives and why it matters.
### So to begin, turn with me to Matthew chapter 11 and we’ll get started.
- Here, Jesus is speaking, listen today for what He promises…
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Ever feel tired or weary?
“For some of you that’s probably a rhetorical question.”
“What am I not tired of ?”
We are a weary people...
We are an overworked people.
We are in desperate need of good, nourishing rest for our souls.
Thankfully, as our passage for the day shows, we can find our much needed rest in Christ…
"Door Dash Don’t Deliver Out Here.”
"Door Dash Don’t Deliver Out Here.”
If “I’m thinking Arby’s,” then “I’m also thinking I better get up off my rump roast and go get it .”
Many of us have felt like God is distant.
Many of us have felt like God is distant.
Like He isn’t very close to us anymore.
- However, in reality, maybe it has more to do with our reluctance to pursue Him, rather than the other way around.
"If you have find yourself in a dark place, remember it’s not the light that moved.”
All throughout scripture, God desires to be close to His people.
All throughout scripture, God desires to be close to His people.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
- This account is right after the first man and woman sin against God in the Garden of Eden.
Where was God?
In the garden!
God wants to be where His people are…Where WE Are.
God wants to be where His people are…Where WE Are.
"But we have to be willing to get up off our rump roasts.”
This means that in order to find rest for our weary souls, we have to be willing to walk toward God.
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
He is where we find true rest.
But what keeps us from coming to God?
But what keeps us from coming to God?
Maybe for us, we claim we are too busy right now in this season to pursue God.
We ALL have a “priority list,” whether we realize it or not.
What does your priority list look like these days?
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
This looks like praying daily and inviting Him to take us into His loving embrace.
This looks like studying His Word daily, inviting Him to grant us greater knowledge about Him and His plan, and reminding ourselves of His promises.
But what about when we get to God?
But what about when we get to God?
After we make the decision to follow Jesus’ command to “come,” then we’re invited to “take.”
Jesus says: “Take my yoke upon you.”
You see,
You see,
- When we decide to willingly take Christ’s yoke upon us, we are invited to lay aside our personal passions and desires, especially those of an immoral and sinful nature.
- The things of the world can no longer take priority.
For many of us, maybe this is the reason we haven’t been able to find true rest yet.
For many of us, maybe this is the reason we haven’t been able to find true rest yet.
It’s that same website or substance that keeps knocking on our door, wanting us to engage with it again.
When we do, we believe a lie that those things will satisfy our need for rest and fulfillment.
But we learn again and again that the world can only offer false hopes and promises for true rest.
Only God can promise true rest for the weary soul.
We then must make the decision to give Him whatever is weighing us down.
We then must make the decision to give Him whatever is weighing us down.
What’s weighing you down?
# Story:
- Tell of a time you felt weighed down by something of this world.
- If you feel comfortable, go into detail and share how it felt, how it changed you, and how you responded to it.
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
The Bible tells us that in order to find true rest,
The Bible tells us that in order to find true rest,
We must throw off everything that keeps us from rest.
The things of this world are not even worth comparing to God’s rest.
He can provide it if we are willing to take it!
Finally, I would say rest requires we are willing to learn.
Finally, I would say rest requires we are willing to learn.
This is the final thing Jesus teaches us in our passage.
He says, “Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart.”
“We’ve all had some bad teachers in our lives.”
- But on the flipside, it’s easy to learn from someone who practices patience, humility, and gentleness.
- The good news is, these are all qualities of Jesus and he asks us to let Him teach us His ways.
The beautiful thing about God,
The beautiful thing about God,
Is that He wants to go with us on the journey of life!
And who better to learn from than the Son of God?
He wants to be right there by our side every step of the way.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
This was God’s promise all the way back in the Old Testament to people like Joshua.
In fact, this same promise is found all through scripture,
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
## [Read Revelation 21: 3]
Conclusion
Conclusion
The book of Revelation lets us know where it all ends...
God, the good teacher, will be with His people in an extremely personal way forever and ever.
But even now, you can experience that sense of intimacy with your Heavenly Father.
It comes through the power of the Holy Spirit, who dwells within us when we choose to follow Jesus Christ personally.
So, what’s holding you back?
What’s keeping you from Jesus, divine rest, and deep soulful contentment in your life?
"Maybe it’s time to quit being stubborn and get up off your rump roast.”
You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t have to be perfect.
You just have to be willing.
- Grab hold of the promise today.