Won’t You Come

Hello everyone. Happy 2021. We thank God for bringing us to this year, for preserving our lives and all He has in store for us. We start this year looking at Matthew 11:28.

New Living Translation: “Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

Classic Amplified Bible: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]”

To labor means to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil. To be weary is to be physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired. To be heavy laden means to be carrying a heavy load, be very tired or troubled; burdened. 2020 was a year in which many labourered, became tired mentally and physically, were stressed and strained, and burdened. Additional burdens brought by Covid and lock downs and lost incomes brought a lot of burdens.... and it hasn’t eased up this year.

Jesus says, if you are weary and are heavy laden, come to Him. To come means to approach or move toward a particular person or place. When you come, He will give you rest - a refreshing, relieve weariness by cessation of exertion or labor, and the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep. Won’t you come to Him today?

Prayer
Lord, we thank You and honor You. Most importantly, we come to You with every care, burden, labor and weariness and look to You for Your rest in Jesus name, amen.