Hope For Hard Times - 2 of 3

by Web Admin, 3 years ago

Hope For The Weary...

A Three Day Devotional and Plan Series (Acknowledgements and credits to bible.com & woh.org)

Day 2 - Hope For The Weary

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)


One of the tasks I was assigned involved pulling underground cables. I still recall laboring—alone—to pull heavy cables in the heat of Colorado Springs that June. It was backbreaking work and the longer I did it, the more fatigued I became. At one point, feeling exhausted, I could not make any progress— the cable was not moving. I still remember wanting to give up. I pulled one more time—and the cable moved with ease! I turned around to find that some colleagues had joined me, transforming a difficult task into a relatively easy one.

In Matthew 11, Jesus extends an offer to His disciples. In exchange for the burdens and weights of life, God offers us His peace and His rest. This wonderful offer is captured in the 1855 hymn by Joseph Scriven, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”:       

O what peace we often forfeit
O what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry 
Everything to God in prayer! 
 

As you pray, ask God to take away your burdens and give you His peace.