A Soul-Changing Intervention
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
God calls to us, but it is up to us to come. Coming to Him is the best thing we will ever do.
LET’S BEGIN—
COME: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden.
This is a
direct request in response to our human need.
GOD ASKS US TO COME. The first
thing to note in this scripture is that Come
unto me denotes a requiring of action from us. Action is common to change if
we truly want help. It takes effort on our part, from our self, to begin a
seeking of Him. Personal initiative is the beginning, the crucial first step.
God wants this from every one of us. This is well documented in story after story in the biblical narrative of Jesus as he helped people. He would ask the person to take a step of faith before He responded to their need. The Old Testament also has stories where God required an act of faith by the person before the response of God would take place.
God is the object. Come unto Me, which is God. This is key, to find God in it all, in every circumstance of life. Come to Him even in the hurts and disappointments.
God wants this from every one of us. This is well documented in story after story in the biblical narrative of Jesus as he helped people. He would ask the person to take a step of faith before He responded to their need. The Old Testament also has stories where God required an act of faith by the person before the response of God would take place.
God is the object. Come unto Me, which is God. This is key, to find God in it all, in every circumstance of life. Come to Him even in the hurts and disappointments.
The
question is, how do we come?
The coming is dependent on openness, surrender, and willingness to say what we mean and mean what we say in
total and complete awareness and honesty. We come with no pretending or hiding
behind superficial, spiritual, do-gooder masks. It is like looking in a mirror
without your face make-up on or clothing on for that matter.
We are naked before Jesus as we remove our self-protected ways of doing things, to become ready and willing to receive the real truth as it is revealed to us. Do we dictate to God? How much do we let self, even hurt, dictate its agenda? Come requires trust—not reasons, explanations, excuses, justifications or self-vindication.
It says, here I am. I’m ready. Okay, God, let’s get to work. Show me my hurt, my selfishness, my past.
Dear Father in Heaven, we all need You, desperately need You. I pray that we will quit being stubborn to be willing and open to Your spirit. Amen
*More tomorrow
To God be the Glory
We are naked before Jesus as we remove our self-protected ways of doing things, to become ready and willing to receive the real truth as it is revealed to us. Do we dictate to God? How much do we let self, even hurt, dictate its agenda? Come requires trust—not reasons, explanations, excuses, justifications or self-vindication.
It says, here I am. I’m ready. Okay, God, let’s get to work. Show me my hurt, my selfishness, my past.
Dear Father in Heaven, we all need You, desperately need You. I pray that we will quit being stubborn to be willing and open to Your spirit. Amen
*More tomorrow
To God be the Glory
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A Message of Life
Inspiration 52
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