Verse of the Day 7/10

Verse of the Day 7/10

Matthew 11:28-29

New International Version

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 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.

In yesterday's post we considered in Proverbs the call to "pay attention" to God's Words of wisdom; to lean into them; keep them in your heart and that they will direct our feet our paths in life.  Today's verse is probably familiar to all of us and we tend to focus on the "come to me" for rest.  However, we cannot miss the words "learn from me".

True learning is not just knowing something, it does involve putting it into practice.  God's Word is our source for wisdom; following Jesus' teachings and principals will bring us peace and rest.  Trying to do it on our own generally leads to conflict, disappointment and oftentimes failure.  The key in any situation that we find ourselves, is to respond to Jesus' call to "come to me".  Seek Him in His Word, seek Him in prayer; call out to Him and also sing praise to Him.

Charles Spurgeon wrote, "this is not only Christ's cry to you, but, if you be a believer, this is your cry to Christ--"Come! come!" You will be longing for his second advent; you will be saying, "Come quickly, even so come Lord Jesus." You will be panting for nearer and closer communion with him. As his voice to you is "Come," your response to him will be, "Come, Lord, and abide with me. Come, and occupy alone the throne of my heart; reign there without a rival, and consecrate me entirely to thy service." 

It is the cry of my heart to follow You
It is the cry of my heart to be close to You
It is the cry of my heart to follow
All of the days of my life

It is the cry of my heart to follow You
It is the cry of my heart to be close to You
It is the cry of my heart to follow
All of the days of my life

[Verse 1]
Teach me Your holy ways oh Lord
So I can walk in Your truth
Teach me Your holy ways oh Lord
And make me wholly devoted to You    (Cry of My Heart - Terry Butler)

Mike

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Matthew 11:25-30

New International Version

The Father Revealed in the Son

25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."