"Come To Me"

Thursday, June 12, 2014

You cannot improve on the work of God for it is He who meets every need and satisfies fully, but how do you explain it to others? I think it is weariness that makes the words of the Carpenter so compelling. Listen to them. "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." We look back as post-resurrection believers and loose some of the strength of Jesus' invitation. He is offering the invitation as a penniless rabbi in an oppressed nation. He has no political office, no connections with the authorities in Rome. He hasn't written a bestseller or earned a diploma from the Hebrew seminary. How could this builder of furniture possibly give anyone "the gift of rest?"

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