SO TIRED
A Series About REST
But let’s be honest, most of us are just plain exhausted. We’re all so tired of
inflation, anger, anxiety, politics, culture wars, and we’re tired of just trying to
survive. If Jesus promises rest in the middle of all of this, what are we missing? In
this series, we’ll look at Jesus’ promise to give us rest and look at what’s required of
us to receive that gift.
TITLE: A PLACE OF REST
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
REST IS GODS' IDEA – A PART OF THE RHYTHM OF GODS GRACE
REST THROUGHOUT ALL HIS CREATION.
- Genesis – GOD DID THE WORK. MAN, RESTS IN GODS WORK
- SAME W JESUS – HE DID THE WORK FOR SALVATION. MAN, RESTS IN THE WORK OF
CHRIST
REST
NOT RESTING FROM WORK; RESTING IN HIS WORK
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRYING and TRUSTING
WE COMPLICATE HIS REST RHYTHM!
Man made for SABBATH. – It was never meant to be a burden but a blessing.
QUESTION: ARE WE COMPLICATING OUR LIVES TOO MUCH?
When did we go from CONTENMENT to COMPETING?
When did Christianity become a BURDEN rather than remain a BLESSING?
Have we "eaten of the FORBIDDEN FRUIT" and listened to the voice of the enemy?
ARE YOU TIRED, FRUSTRATED, ANNOYED, AND BOTHERED BY YOUR VERSION OF
CHRISTIANITY?
Gal 3 - Did someone put a spell on you? How did you begin in FREEDOM and are
now back in BONDAGE?
FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE TIRED....WEARY, FATIGUED, DRAINED, SHATTERED...
COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND LOWLY IN HEART,
AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS
LIGHT.” – MATT 11:28
COME - AN URGENT CALL;
come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and i will give you rest.
THE INVITATION IS ADDRESSED TO 2 TYPES:
- THE WEARY – kopiaō = tired, exhausted, in grief
- HEAVY BURDENED - to load up; cargo of a ship.
TAKE - TO RAISE UPWARDS, LIFT UP, ELEVATE - TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU
YOKE MEANING - He meant that we are to submit ourselves to Him every day in every
way. A yoke was made of wood, hand-carved to fit the neck and shoulders of the animal
to prevent pain or discomfort. In ancient culture, the word yoke was a term that was used
to describe submission. So when someone was described as being yoked to someone or
something, it was communicating the idea that he or she was in submission to that person
or thing.
Yoked together - going in the same direction.
LEARN - LEARN FROM ME
LEARN – for the purpose of understanding and practice.
1. LEARN THE ART OF HUMILTY – gentle and lowly in heart.
2. LEARN THE ART OF REST
3. LEARN THE HEART OF MY FATHER
APPLICATION:
A COMMITTMENT TO – WALK IN REST
1. UNCOMPLICATE YOUR CHRISTIANITY
2. MODEL FREEDOM NOT BONDAGE
