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Introduction
“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…
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.”
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.
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.
- 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.
"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.
He is where we find true rest.
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?
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?
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,
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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,
## [Read Revelation 21: 3]
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 just have to be willing.
- Grab hold of the promise today.
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