Yeshua (Jesus) said, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, 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.”[1] This Scripture has been on my heart because my walk with God has been anything but restful. Yet the Lord is saying, “Come to Me and learn a new way; My yoke is easy, and I will give you rest.” He is trying to drive us into a new way of doing things, so I want to give attention to it.
The Father said, “I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes” (Jeremiah 31:25). We should be refreshed and blessed. Christ said, “All things that the Father has are Mine” (John 16:15). And Peter added, “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). If the world is going to be impacted by the love of God, it will be because we are feeling the overwhelming love of God for us on a daily basis. We are to impart God’s love, impart the blessing, and impart this refreshing of God’s presence to those who are languishing. But we cannot impart what we do not have. So we must go back and learn of Him.
In Hebrews 3 and 4, the author goes back and forth between two things: faith and disobedience. The people did not enter His rest because of their disobedience and their unbelief (Hebrews 3:18–19). Israel watched God deliver them out of Egypt. They saw all His miracles, signs, and wonders in the wilderness. Yet when God spoke to them, they tested Him saying, “Can He give us water? Can He give us meat to eat?” So God responded, “AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST, although His works were finished from the foundation of the world” (Hebrews 4:3). Why does God get angry when you test Him? Because we should absolutely know beyond a shadow of a doubt who God is and what He is capable of doing in our lives.
On the cross Christ said, “It is finished!” (John 19:30). Yeshua was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. So what did He do on the cross? He brought into that moment the salvation that had existed from the foundation of the world. Christ did not create salvation; He simply manifested what already had been finished by God from the foundation of the world. Yeshua was constantly manifesting the works of the Father (John 5:19). He realized, “God has already created this work, and I am simply manifesting it in this moment.” We must come to Christ and learn of Him because He knew how to do this. Until then we will be struggling and straining, stressed and burdened, and carrying a load that is not ours to carry. We must enter God’s rest.
So I encourage us. Let us come to Him and learn. Let us take on His yoke, and let us change our whole approach to prayer, to prophecy, to our walk with the Lord, to our worship, and to everything. We bring into this moment all that God has already provided: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). But that Kingdom is already now.
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[1] All Scripture references are from the New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995).
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