Awesome and Powerful Rest
By
Dr. Dwight D. Garrett

Matthew 11:28-30
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Very few people know how to rest these days.  Even on vacation, many people rush to cram in as much as they can before returning to their jobs and their daily lives, where they spend twice as much energy catching up on the work and mail and chores, etc. that has piled up in their absence.  And because we live in a computerized and technology crazed world, some people even take their work along with them on vacations!  Many of us need vacations just to rest from our vacations.  Perhaps that is so because people have been looking for rest in the wrong places.

Jesus said:  “Come to Me……..and I will give you rest.”  Like peace, true rest and contentment can be found in only one place, from one source, and that is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

It is Jesus Who gives us the ultimate rest, the confidence we need, to escape the chaos of the world around us.  You'll not find the rest you need or seek at the beach --- in the Casinos --- at an Amusement Park, or wherever else you might try to escape to. You'll only find true, complete, and total rest in Him. And don’t worry about what lies ahead, Jesus has already taken care of tomorrow, and it is He alone Who can comfort us, heal us, and lighten our burdens and brighten our days.  So the next time you need a break, need to rest your weary self, need to get away from it all, go to Jesus and seek His:

Awesome and Powerful Rest

God Bless!