“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to Me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with Mine. Learn My ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in Me. For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.” – Matthew 11:28-30 (TPT)
The daily invitation that we have from Jesus, to come and be with Him, is given with a promise. How amazing is that? Our souls will find rest when we seek Him. This promise is not waiting for eternity, although we certainly will have rest with Him there, but additionally this promise waits for us each and every day. As we choose to come to Him daily, He brings rest to our souls.
Our soul realm is our mind, our will, and our emotions. What weariness, or heavy burdens have overcome, consumed our manipulated your mind, your will, and your emotions lately? On our own, much of what this world burdens us with, is too much to bear – so why do we get caught up trying to carry the load ourselves? We were never meant to take on that capacity, that’s why we need Jesus in the first place! Oh, that we would run to Him first, with everything!
He is our oasis!
Isn’t that a beautiful thought? He is our calm, when our circumstance is chaotic. He is our refuge and Truth, when we’re overwhelmed with fear and battling lies. He is our relief, when we’ve hit our max capacity. He is our pleasant joy when everything around us is far from joyful. He is our strength when we can’t see past our own weakness. He fills our soul with Himself, so that we can find rest in Him – a posture of security in order to journey through wherever He leads us.
So, as we start a new week, let’s go to Him first, and learn from His ways. Expectant to find rest for our souls. Refreshed in His presence – by His Word and His Spirit. Amen!
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