Come to Me
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
REST? Who has time for rest? We have lots of work to do! We have to find MIKE!!!!!!!
In this often-quoted passage, Jesus invites us to come to Him, learn from Him, and find rest in Him. He uses an illustration unfamiliar to us, the yoke of oxen. When young oxen were trained to pull the plow, they were paired with stronger, more mature oxen who would pretty much do the work while demonstrating to the young one how to walk the rows and pull the plow. When we become yoked with Jesus, when we walk with Him, he takes the burden and does the lions share of the “work.” He does the walking and the pulling. We’re kind of along for the walk. What a burden is lifted from our shoulders when we take on the yoke of Jesus!
Our hearts are weary. Especially this day as we regroup. We are burdened by the weight of knowing we’ve done what we can, yet Mike is still missing. We are burdened by the fact that we have no answers for Gracie and her cousin Lily, and parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins should have answers for children!!! We are weary of waking in the middle of the night feeling guilty we are sleeping while Mike is “out there,” yet exhausted to the point where our bodies and minds crave rest.
Yet Jesus invites us to a place of rest! Will you pray with me that today will be a day of rest for Lisa and our family?
“Father, our dear Mike is in the center of our thoughts and prayers. We want to find him. Today, we ask that you double, no triple, actually, will you send all available resources to search for him? Will you help us take Jesus’ yoke and find rest for our souls while you search the earth for our Mike? Will you give Lisa the rest her heart needs to regroup and recharge? We thank you that when we walk with you—yoked together with Jesus—that our burden is light and we have rest. Thank you, Jesus, for being our savior, protector, redeemer and friend. Amen.”
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A prayer chain has been started for Mike, his family, and the crews that are searching. Thank you for the posts you have written for they strengthen the faith of those who read. Like you said, God is in deed with Mike and you all are angels here to help his family.
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